Thanks for posting it Mark.

I am crossing my "fingo's" for Fingolimod (Sorry, I couldnt help it )

Thanks Mark. A friend of mine saw something about this drug one night on TV. He seemed to think it sounded promising. I hope it pans out, and doesn't have too many side effects.

Virginia

Greetings Mark!!

This from today's news:


Today: September 28, 2006 at 5:20:17 PDT

MS Drug Treatment Shows Promise

ASSOCIATED PRESS

EAST HANOVER, N.J. (AP) - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., the U.S. unit of Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG, said Thursday that at least three out of four patients given an experimental multiple sclerosis treatment were free of relapses for more than two years.

The company released data from a mid-stage clinical study showing that 77 percent of MS patients given the treatment FTY720 over two years remained free of relapses.

Multiple sclerosis, which affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide, is an incurable disease which causes the body's immune system to destroy the insulation of nerve fibers.

More than 80 percent of patients taking the drug were found not to have active inflammation according to medical imaging scans. The company also said that patients who had been given a placebo for the first six months of the study showed a marked improvement after they were switched to the treatment, an improvement that was sustained out to the 24th month of the study.

Novartis developed FTY720 after licensing the compound from Mitsubishi Pharma. The oral drug is currently in late-stage clinical trials.

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Ah, Mark/xo posting and commenting on research news in his usual superb way... feels like home!

Now if only Cat Dancer, Mike/Grassman, renee, and a few other AWOL luminaries would show up, it'd be even more real.

Nancy T.

Thanks Mark. even though I'm not RRMS anymore, I still hold hope for this drug, that it may help me, even though I am at a plateau with my MS, thanks to LDN, I think.

My Son sent me the yahoo news report, this morning, and he never does that.

Sounds promising.

I was on another board and when I read the latest on this drug, I said "where's Mark when you need him most?"

Now I guess I have to go away and pick apart your information.

This does look promising though, doesn't it?

Cherie