MS Society UK

Innovative Trials, MS Society UK Collaborate on MS Research

Innovative Trials has selected the MS Society UK as its charity partner for the next year, and intends to raise at least Ā£3,000 (about $3,600) to support multiple sclerosis (MS) research and the society’s quest for a world without MS. Innovative Trials works with pharmaceutical companies and…

MS Advocacy Gives Me Strength and Purpose

I want to help in any way I possibly can. My lonely confusion in the early days after being diagnosed with aggressive relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis was mentally and physically paralyzing. However, this column isnā€™t about how ā€œHurricane MSā€ battered my body. Instead, it’s about why I chose to…

Trial Will Test Mavenclad for Advanced Progressive MS

After some delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating whether Mavenclad (cladribine) can slow hand and arm function worsening in adults with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and very limited walking abilities, has recruited its first patient. The study,Ā ChariotMS (NCT04695080), aims to…

You’ve Got to Hide Your MS Away

In honor of MS Awareness Week, observed in the U.K. April 19ā€“25, the MS Society released results of a survey about the barriers that keep multiple sclerosis patients from sharing their health status. Multiple Sclerosis News Today‘s Mary Chapman reportedĀ that a whacking one-third have stayed silent about their diagnosis.