Tuesday, October 20, 2009

US FDA panel backs Acorda Therapeutics' MS drug Fampridine-SR

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc announced the US FDA Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs (PCNSD) Advisory Committee voted 12 to 1 that clinical data on Fampridine-SR 10 mg twice daily demonstrated substantial evidence of effectiveness as a treatment to improve walking in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and voted 10 to 2 (1 abstention) that it is clinically meaningful and can be safe for use.

The details can be read here.

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