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4 out of the 5 patients who developed PML are alive. They will update on the patients at a scientific conference.
They are working to identify new methods of risk assessment. In the Q & A they hoped to be testing these methods by mid-2009.
Other items I note
4 out of the 5 PML cases have occurred in European patients. The US TOUCH program would seem to offer PML risk reduction.
4 of the 5 cases occurred between 12 and 17 months of treatment. The risk of PML would appear to not increase with increasing time on drug - only 1 case in patients with over 2 years of exposure.