Sanofi's MS drug Lemtrada still effective five years after last treatment

20 September 2016

Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) has published six-year investigational data on its Multiple Sclerosis (MS) drug Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) showing that most patients experienced sustained effects of treatment on disease activity despite receiving their last treatment course five years previously.

Sanofi Genzyme, the French pharma major's specialty care global business, presented the results at the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS).

Lemtrada, a humanized monoclonal antibody, was granted European Union marketing authorization in September 2013 to treat adult patients with active relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) defined by clinical or imaging features.

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