MS drug treatment shows promise
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., the U.S. unit of Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG, said Thursday that at least three out of four patients given an experimental multiple sclerosis treatment were free of relapses for more than two years.
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It's running trials to see if the drug can be used in earlier stages of cancer.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Tysabri (natalizumab) as a new treatment for multiple sclerosis. The incurable nervous system disease affects about 350,000 Americans.
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A once-a-month drug for treating  multiple sclerosis that appears to cut relapses of the  autoimmune disorder was approved on Tuesday by the U.S. Food  and Drug Administration.
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Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug  which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
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Breakthrough treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) may be just five years away, an Australian leader in stem cell research said in Christchurch yesterday.
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Sales of the multiple sclerosis drug are picking up, but probably can't grow into the stock's valuation.
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WASHINGTON - The government approved a drug Tuesday that tries a new method of attacking multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease of the central nervous system that affects 350,000 Americans.
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A big UK study of cannabis-based drugs has shown evidence for a long-term benefit in easing multiple sclerosis symptoms, scientists say.
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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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Two shots of the cancer drug Rituxan given two weeks apart slowed the progression of multiple sclerosis for nearly a year, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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The drug maker is poised to speed past its rivals.
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NEW YORK  - Early and ongoing treatment with interferon beta-1a can provide lasting benefits to patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a report in the journal Neurology.
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Genetic factors may help reveal which multiple sclerosis patients are likely to benefit from a widely used therapy and explain why some are not helped, according to a report published on Monday.
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Scientists discover a new protein they believe could help develop much more effective medicines.
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Researchers say targeting a protein may overcome the malaria parasite's increasing resistance to drugs.