Oral BG-12
In a recent press release, Biogen Idec reported that their oral MS disease-modifier, BG-12, significantly reduced the number of people with MS who had relapses during a two-year study of more than 1,200 people with MS.
Laquinimod
At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in April, Teva Pharmaceuticals reported that their oral MS therapy, Laquinimod, reduced the relapse rate in those taking the drug in a study of 1,106 people with MS.
Both companies are awaiting the results of other phase III trials involving these therapies before submitting applications to the FDA.
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