MS recommendation

June 15, 2010

A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has voted unanimously in favour of approval for Novartis’ FTY720 (fingolimod) as a treatment for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. FTY720 is an oral treatment which, if given the final go-ahead, would be the first in a new class of MS therapy called sphingosine1- phosphate receptor (S1PR) modulators which work by retaining certain immune cells in the lymph nodes, preventing them from reaching the central nervous system and causing damage. The recommendation follows review of a two year study which showed that fingolimod significantly delayed disability progression.

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