{"id":8014,"date":"2025-10-27T14:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/?p=8014"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:41:19","slug":"congratulations-to-dr-richard-mailman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/2025\/10\/27\/congratulations-to-dr-richard-mailman\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Dr. Richard Mailman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8015 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2025\/10\/Mailman-Richard.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2025\/10\/Mailman-Richard.webp 280w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2025\/10\/Mailman-Richard-187x200.webp 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>Dr. Richard Mailman has spent decades working to get the Parkinson\u2019s drug Tavapadon to patients. After tireless effort, the pharmaceutical company AbbVie has finally submitted the drug to the FDA for consideration. This is great news, because it has been over 50 years since a Parkinson\u2019s drug has been approved. Tavapadon has the potential to improve the lives of so many people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Find more info <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.uvahealth.com\/2025\/10\/27\/research-breakthroughs-lead-to-potential-new-parkinsons-drug\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Richard Mailman has spent decades working to get the Parkinson\u2019s drug Tavapadon to patients. After tireless effort, the pharmaceutical company AbbVie has finally submitted the drug to the FDA for consideration. This is great news, because it has been over 50 years since a Parkinson\u2019s drug has been approved. 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