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The funds just aren't there when it comes to looking for SPMS treatments
« on: August 21, 2019, 07:10:11 am »
A release from the AAAS (via EurekAlert.org), August 20, 2019--"How to Improve Multiple Sclerosis Therapy":


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/rb-hti082019.php


This part in particular:


There are also financial aspects that impede the development of new drugs. There is evidence that drugs approved for another indication may also prove effective against multiple sclerosis. "But as patents for such medication have expired, pharmaceutical companies can't further develop them," explains Simon Faissner [of the Department of Neurology, Ruhr University-Bochum]. "The implementation of studies to test the efficacy of those drugs for MS often fails due to a lack of funds."
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Re: The funds just aren't there when it comes to looking for SPMS treatments
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2019, 04:36:37 pm »
More on this study in Multiple Sclerosis News Today (August 22, 2019)--"Lack of progressive MS treatments has several causes, but advances are promising, reviewers contend":


http://bit.ly/33YRZlk
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