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Low-cost treatment for multiple sclerosis shown to be as effective as standard therapy

A Norwegian-Swedish clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that rituximab, a low-cost B-cell-deplet…

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A Norwegian-Swedish clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that rituximab, a low-cost B-cell-depleting therapy, is as effective as ocrelizumab in newly diagnosed relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). The study, known as OVERLORD-MS, is the first randomized, double-blind, head-to-head trial comparing the two therapies in ea…

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