Abstract
Aim of this review is to discuss the value of current ongoing research initiatives in Parkinson's disease from the clinicians' point of view. The repeat, recent failures on progress slowing reflect the drifting apart between initially promising experimental and then disappointing clinical outcomes in the translational trials with well selected Parkinson's disease patients. A similar development concerns the emerging gap between novel developed drugs with improved pharmacokinetic behaviour and their limited use in the clinical practice following approval. Restricted regional different worldwide availability and direct, respectively indirect budget limitations for neurologists in private practice are essential hurdles. They prevent the widespread prescription of these compounds. As a result return of investment for the pharmaceutical industry becomes more and more uncertain. The interest for research on novel treatment approaches for the amelioration of motor and non motor symptoms declines. Clinicians crucially scrutinize the claim for an optimum patient care by payers and regulators.
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