Biogen Idec Reports Positive Results of MS Drug Trial
Biogen Idec announced its BG-12 for the treatment of multiple sclerosis significantly reduced relapse rates in people with relapsing-remitting MS, in a Phase III trial.
US-based biotech Biogen Idec has announced that its experimental oral pill for the treatment of multiple sclerosis significantly reduced relapse rates in people with relapsing-remitting MS, in a Phase III trial.
The compound, BG-12, met the study's primary endpoint by reducing annualised relapse rates by 44% in patients who took two daily doses of the drug, and by 51% in patients who took three daily doses.
The pill tested against Teva Pharmaceuticals' injectable drug Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) which was found to reduce annualised relapse rates by 29% compared with a placebo at two years.
Biogen Idec said in a statement that further analyses of the study are ongoing, and it anticipates prese
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