I have written about how much I enjoyed helping my grandma tend to her garden as a child, in the years before I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. She instilled in me a great love for plants and for being outdoors. But with multiple sclerosis (MS)…
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Mapi Pharma’s long-acting formulation of glatiramer acetate, GA Depot, may help stabilize disability scores over time in people with both relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and primary progressive MS (PPMS). That’s according to new analyses of data from an…
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Medicaid coverage of highly effective disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis (MS) varies across the U.S., with some states offering no access at all, a study reported. The research suggests that where a person lives could influence whether they receive high-efficacy therapies, which are known to better control…
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A new method called target trial emulation (TTE) used real-world data to successfully replicate the findings of a previous clinical trial of Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate) involving people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), according to a study report. The approach also generated new evidence showing that Tecfidera outperformed glatiramer…
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Real-world use of Octave Bioscience’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered blood test for classifying multiple sclerosis (MS) activity has increased substantially in the few years since its commercial U.S. launch. In clinical practice, the multiple sclerosis disease activity (MSDA) test has mainly been used for routine monitoring, with additional uses…
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