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MS Awareness Week

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MS Awareness Week 2023 runs from 24-30 April with seven UK MS charities joining forces

Approximately 130,000 people in the UK are living with the disease

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Novartis announces positive long-term data for relapsing MS treatment Kesimpta

Approximately 85% of MS patients are initially diagnosed with relapsing forms of the disease

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Merck KGaA’s MS drug put on partial clinical hold by FDA

Laboratory results suggested there were two cases of drug-induced liver injury during the phase 3 studies

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UK launches ‘revolutionary’ trial for progressive MS patients

Octopus is assessing whether existing drugs can be used to help slow disease progression

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Sanofi reports positive new data for multiple sclerosis treatment tolebrutinib

It is estimated that there are over 130,000 people living with the condition in the UK alone

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New UK study finds most MS patients not offered fatigue treatments

Of 4,367 patients surveyed, 30.8% reported having been offered at least one treatment for fatigue

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World-first trial launches in UK to assess stem cell transplants as first-line MS treatment

The £2.3m StarMS study will compare AHSCT with four other drug treatments

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Immunic reports promising new data for MS treatment

The treatment helped to lower the rate of confirmed disability worsening over time

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Tiziana completes enrolment of first patient cohort in MS expanded access programme

Foralumab has already demonstrated positive results in patients with non-active SPMS

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BMS confirms COVID-19 vaccine immune response in Zeposia-treated MS patients

Over 92% of patients in the analyses mounted a serological response following vaccination

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Biogen to pay $900m to settle whistleblower’s MS drug kickback lawsuit

For pursuing the case, the former employee will receive about $250m

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Sanofi halts recruitment for trials assessing MS treatment

The pause in enrolment follows advice issued by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee

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