Category: Oral MS Medications

Novartis Multiple Sclerosis Pill Loses “Some” Market Share

You Read, You Decide…   A Link to the complete story is found below this abstract version of keynotes.  Gilenya…

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Biogen Idec seeks OK from the FDA for the next Oral MS Medication

The company asked the FDA to grant priority review for the pill, which would result in a decision in six…

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Looking ahead at BG-12 – possibly the next oral medication for Multiple Sclerosis

Biogen presented positive data for its oral MS drug BG-12 last fall and plans to file for approval in the…

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Treatment Advances for Multiple Sclerosis

For three decades Tracy Ofri, 48, of Valley Stream, N.Y., suffered with multiple sclerosis. At age 19, Ofri lost sight…

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FDA Launches Gilenya Safety Review Following Patient Death

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a Gilenya safety review after having recently receiving a report of…

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Novartis drug Gilenya® showed positive clinical outcomes for relapsing-remitting MS

December 15, 2011 Novartis International AG / Novartis drug Gilenya® showed positive clinical outcomes for relapsing-remitting MS patients in third…

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Even with Limited European Access, Gilenya Trial and Uptake Is Having a Significant Impact on the EU5 DMA Market Landscape

EXTON, Penn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–While neurologists in the EU5 countries (France, Germany, Italy, UK, and Spain) report being most satisfied with Tysabri,…

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Promising Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Targets Immune Cells to Increase Neuroprotection, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2011) — Laquinimod is an orally available synthetic compound that has been successfully evaluated in phase II/III clinical…

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Seventy-Four Percent of Surveyed U.S. Neurologists Indicate They Will Prescribe Biogen Idec’s BG-12 for the Treatment of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that 74 percent…

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Progressive MS Update: Opexa’s Tovaxin(R) for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis Granted Fast Track Designation by FDA

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Opexa Therapeutics, Inc.  announced today that its lead drug candidate Tovaxin(R) has…

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