The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1418
June 10, 2013
Dimethyl Fumarate (Tecfidera) for Multiple Sclerosis
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Dimethyl Fumarate (Tecfidera) for Multiple Sclerosis
June 10, 2013 (Issue: 1418)
The FDA has approved dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera –
Biogen Idec), formerly called BG-12, for treatment of
relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). It is the
third oral drug to be approved in recent years for this
indication.
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