Monoclonal Antibodies in Headache

Antoinette Maassen van den Brink is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.  Her main focus is on the neurovascular aspects of migraine, with a special interest in the impact of female sex hormones on the disease's neurovascular pharmacology. She is a board member of the Dutch Society for Gender & Health, Dutch Pharmacological Society, the Federation of European Pharmacological Societies, the Dutch Headache Society, and the European Headache Federation.

Paolo Martelletti has been an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University 'La Sapienza' of Rome since 2005 and Director of the Regional Reference Centre for Headaches at Sant'Andrea Hospital in Rome, Italy, since 2003. After extensive research activities in the fields of internal medicine, cephalalgias, and pain management since 1980, he is now exploring new research avenues for the study of factors for chronicity, comorbidities, and aspects of health economics in primary headaches; elaborating rehabilitation protocols in patients with secondary headache as a consequence of medication abuse; and studying innovative therapies for the acute treatment and prophylaxis of primary headaches. He is a series editor of the Springer Headache series, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Headache and Pain, and Section Editor of Comprehensive Clinical Medicine.

The CGRP family of neuropeptides and their receptors in the trigeminovascular system.-Pharmacology; where do the mAbs act, gepants vs mAbs.- Monoclonal Antibody Biology.- Guidelines for clinical trials.- Human Models.- CGRP Antibodies for Animal Models of Primary and Secondary Headache Disorders.- Galcanezumab.- Eptinezumab.- Erenumab .- Fremanezumab .- Potential side effects and pregnancy.- Real-world data, clinical practice so far.- Migraine vs Cluster headache and potential other indications.