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- noun An
immunosuppressive drug.
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Examples
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The MS Society urged the medicines watchdog and drug firm Novartis to work together so that Gilenya – also called fingolimod – can be reappraised.
MS Society calls for rethink after first pill treatment is rejected 2011
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In light of that experience, federal regulators may go slowly with the two new drugs, called fingolimod and cladribine.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Outside advisers to the FDA will meet June 10 to recommend whether the drug, also called fingolimod, should be approved for sale.
Bloomberg 2010
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Gilenia, chemically known as fingolimod, is cleared for sale.
Bloomberg 2010
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A statement said: Novartis believes that comparing fingolimod to best supportive care will unfairly restrict access to fingolimod, as well as any future new treatments.
MS Society calls for rethink after first pill treatment is rejected 2011
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Unfortunately, our independent committee wasn't given sufficient evidence to show that fingolimod could reduce relapses considerably better than the other treatments currently being used.
MS Society calls for rethink after first pill treatment is rejected 2011
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Based on the available clinical evidence and economic analysis, our independent committee concluded that fingolimod would not be effective good use of NHS resources.
MS Society calls for rethink after first pill treatment is rejected 2011
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But "there are patients who do not like injections and do not tolerate them, and these patients may want to go onto" fingolimod, he said.
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A minority of patients experienced side-effects while taking fingolimod, including herpes infections, some forms of cancer, abnormally slow heart rate, elevated liver-enzyme levels and an eye disease called macular edema.
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The FDA approved fingolimod as a first-line treatment for the most common form of MS, meaning patients can take it as their first treatment.
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