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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 8, 831–833 (1 November 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrd3043

First oral therapies for multiple sclerosis anticipated

Bethan Hughes

In September, Merck Serono submitted a new drug application for cladribine for the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). In the same month, Novartis reported positive results from its placebo-controlled Phase III trial of fingolimod (also known as FTY720), also in patients with RRMS (Table 1).