3 New MS meds in the pipeline.
 

Here's an article about 3 meds in the pipeline -- It's an interesting article about 3 small pharma companies:

Apitope Technology: MS vaccine shows promise in Phase I/IIa

In addition to ATX-MS-1467, the current MS pipeline consists of two further vaccines which are in Phase II development; NeuroVax (Orchestra Therapeutics) and Tovaxin (Opexa Pharmaceuticals).


http://www.pharmaceutical-business-r...A-B8AB25D54E1A

Thanks, FG, they look promising, if they can get the needed funds. I wish they had some of that energy for us SP/PP folks.:(

Since I am in one of those small company clinical trials, I was a little discouraged. The comment about not having the funding to bring these vaccines to market once they go through the trials is disheartening. Not enough so that I will not continue, but I certainly hope that once the vaccine has gone through all these clinical trials and proves to be helpful to us, I sure hope that the company is able to take it to market!

And will we be able to afford them?

Look at the cost of Avonez, Copazone and Rebif. These drugs are not really proved to cure anything, just to delay relapses. I can't imagine the cost of a "cure" or a "vaccine". Pharm companies are making billions off of us...do they really want to "cure" or prevent MS? By helping us, they would lose the billions they depend on. I'm all for it, but highly sceptical.

Gee James, I didn't mean to post this to cause such an angry response. :(

This is not a cure...just another tool in the choice tool box.

Yeah, James, that's the real catch-22 in all this. Sure, treatments are out there, but for some, utterly unavailable. It's frustrating as can be, I'm still trying to get on Tysabri and my second insurance company is now giving me a whole new runaround. I can't win.

Thanks for sharing this information and continuing on with the study.

Thanks for the info FG!

They are doing a clinical trial on Ty for SPMS/PPMS. I can't believe that you are having problems with your secondary insurance (never mind, yes I can!) If your primary has approved it...what's the problem? :( I dislike insurance companies...who ever gave them the license to practice medicine? :eek: But you've seen my rants about insurance companies so I won't repeat that!

I hope you win.

Cheryl,
How is the study going with the oral medication (I've forgotten the name of it at the moment, but I know there are several clinical trials presently being conducted on it now)? It seemed to me that it was something similar to Tysabri in the way it worked on "T" cells. Do you know anything about it?

Ahhh...I think it starts with an "F", and ends with an "oid". Do you know what I'm referring to? (Fingolomoid?:confused:)