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Decade in review—multiple sclerosis

New drugs and personalized medicine for multiple sclerosis

The past decade of multiple sclerosis research has been marked by important advances in understanding the disease, a dramatic increase in the range of treatment options and a new spirit of data sharing in research for patient benefit. This progress has made personalized medicine in multiple sclerosis a realistic possibility.

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The author gratefully acknowledges personal support from the Edmond Safra Foundation and Lily Safra, the Imperial College Healthcare Trust Biomedical Research Centre, and as an NIHR Senior Investigator.

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The author has received funding for his research from GlaxoSmithKline and Biogen. The author has received speaker's fees or honoraria paid to his institution from Adelphi Communications, Biogen, IXICO, GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis.

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Matthews, P. New drugs and personalized medicine for multiple sclerosis. Nat Rev Neurol 11, 614–616 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2015.200

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