MS Research Through the Patient Lens: Key Takeaways from Patient Community Day 2025

Patient Community Day brings people affected by multiple sclerosis together with the researchers and experts working to better understand and treat the disease.

Following Patient Community Day 2025 in Barcelona, host Brett Drummond speaks with Julie Petrin, Director of Impact and Evaluation at MS Canada and a person living with MS, and Non Helena Smit, CEO of MS South Africa, about the research and discussions that stood out, why the patient voice matters in MS research and care, and what they hope to see next as Patient Community Day heads to Toronto in 2026.

This podcast episode is supported by an educational grant from Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Diseases, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, and UCB. Educational grant providers have no input into the podcast series content.