A post-hoc analysis of follow-up data from the TRANSFORMS trial suggests that early disease activity during a patient’s first year on fingolimod predicts longer-term outcomes in multiple sclerosis. Click here to read the analysis by Pavle Repovic, a neurologist at the Swedish Multiple Sclerosis Center.
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