Switzerland-based Merck Serono, a division of Germany's Merck KGaA, says that a new formulation of its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif (interferon beta-1a) has been made available in the UK. Late last year the BRIGHT trial, published in the journal Multiple Sclerosis, indicated that the product was associated with a greater occurrence of injection reactions than competitor treatments, including Bayer's Betaseron (interferon beta-1b; Marketletter November 12, 2007).
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