Category: Oral MS Medications

Gilenya – What it is, How does it work? and What you should know of this (New) Oral medication

The National MS Society and MS Learn Online present…  Two new Feature Presentations:   Gilenya: What is it and How Does it…

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Novartis to help MS patients pay for Gilenya

Highlights of the important and interesting in the world of healthcare: Novartis to pay for Gilenya. Novartis will pay out-of-pocket costs…

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Novartis MS Program Guides Patients to New Pill, Covers Out-of-Pocket Cost

By Michelle Fay Cortez – Oct 4, 2010 8:57 AM ET Novartis AG will pay out-of-pocket costs for non-Medicare patients who use the company’s…

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Gilenya, previously referred to as compound “FTY720”, (Fingolimod) will be available soon

The information found here is in this weeks edition of the MSFYi newsletter provided by the MS Foundation The first…

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Information on Gilenya (TM), the first oral medication for MS

What to expect if planning to try Gilenya By Cherie C. Binns RN BS MSCN If you have been waiting…

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FDA Approves Gilenya (Fingolimod-FTY720) – First Oral Disease-Modifying Therapy for Relapsing MS – Expected to be available by prescription in coming weeks

Sep 22, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved fingolimod capsules (Gilenya,™ Novartis International AG) for reducing the…

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BREAKING MS NEWS: Novartis Gets FDA Approval For Multiple Sclerosis Drug Gilenya

Sept 22, 2010 – 4:30am (RTTNews) – Novartis AG (NVS: News ) Wednesday announced that the US Food and Drug Administration approved the oral multiple…

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Oral Laquinimod Demonstrated Sustained Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

September 20, 2010 “The results from this extension study confirm the balanced efficacy, safety, and tolerability profile seen with laquinimod…

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Novartis International AG: Novartis announces Russian regulatory approval for Gilenya®, a once-daily oral multiple sclerosis therapy

Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:16am EDT Novartis International AG / Novartis announces Russian regulatory approval for Gilenya, a once-daily oral…

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The Pros and Cons of Gilenya (Gilenia) (FTY720) – the first Oral medication for MS that will soon be FDA approved

For those that know me (Stuart Schlossman), they know that I often say, “there are pros and cons (positives &…

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