Teva multiple sclerosis pill shines in big study

Stuart SchlossmanMultiple Sclerosis, Oral MS Medications

Thu Dec 9, 2010 1:27pm GMT

* Teva hopes for U.S. regulatory green light in 2 years

* Teva developing laquinimod drug with Active Biotech

* Laquinimod a rival to new Novartis pill Gilenya

JERUSALEM, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries expects its pill-based treatment for multiple sclerosis to receive U.S. regulatory approval within two years after a clinical trial met its main goal, it said on Thursday.

Laquinimod, being developed with Sweden’s Active Biotech , is jockeying for position in the emerging field of oral treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), where Novartis’s  recently approved Gilenya is the current leader.




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