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Multiple Sclerosis => TREATMENTS => TYSABRI (natalizumab) => Topic started by: agate on July 14, 2016, 08:51:48 am

Title: 664 PML cases in MS patients taking Tysabri as of 6/6/16
Post by: agate on July 14, 2016, 08:51:48 am

There have been 664 PML cases in MS patients taking Tysabri as of June 6, 2016. The total does not include 3 patients taking Tysabri for Crohn's disease.

There have been 24 new cases in April and May.

As of 5/30/16 the rate of PML cases per 1,000 was 4.22. Of those with PML, 23% have died and 77% were alive with varying degrees of disability.

As of March 31, 2016, there were 152,500 patients receiving Tysabri.

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