ECTRIMS Congress 2013

The 29th Congress of the European Committee for Research and Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and the 18th Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in MS (RIMS) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
This is the second time that Copenhagen will host the ECTRIMS Congress. In 1996, approximately 700 participants attended the 12th ECTRIMS congress in Copenhagen and this year we expect almost 10 times as many people.

In 1996, a new era of MS therapy had begun in Europe with the introduction of INF-b treatment and since then several other and more effective therapies have been introduced to prevent disease activity and progression in MS. We are only at the beginning of this era and from 2013 and the following years new therapeutic possibilities will emerge to benefit people with MS. Along the same line rehabilitation has been enhanced with implementation of new evidence-based programmes. The ultimate aim is a highly individualized treatment and rehabilitation of patients in all stages of MS.