Less than 30% of surveyed relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the USA indicate that they would request a switch to an emerging agent that matches a dosing, safety and efficacy profile similar to emerging and recently launched oral MS agents such as Merck KGaA (MRK: DE)/Serono/EMD Serono's oral cladribine (which has yet to gain approval in the USA) and Novartis' (NOVN: VX) Gilenya (fingolimod) which was recently cleared by the Food and |Drug Administration (The Pharma Letter September 24), according to a new report from advisory firm Decision Resources.
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