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Old 04-20-2009, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Harry Z View Post

I also don't think that it makes any difference that the German cases happened outside the Touch program. The German medical system, the last time I heard, was excellent. I read on another MS forum that the German's were being very honest when it came to reporting problems with Tysabri use.

I fear that the PML count for Tysabri users will continue to climb and make the MS patient's decision to try the drug even harder to make.

Harry
While I have no doubt that Germany's medical system is good, the husband of PML patient #5 (post marketing in Germany) just posted that Germany just instituted periodic MRI monitoring for Tysabri patients in response to the first 2 PML cases. All systems clearly have their weaknesses.

Chris
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