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Gilenya
BY: Olive TseJun 21, 2021

Gilenya
(fingolimod) Novartis

 

Composition:
Available in hard capsule with each contains 0.25 mg or 0.5 mg fingolimod for oral administration

 

Indication:
As single disease modifying therapy in highly active relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis for the following groups of adult patients and paediatric patients aged 10 years and older:

 

  • Patients with highly active disease despite a full and adequate course of treatment with at least one disease modifying therapy

  • Patients with rapidly evolving severe relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis defined by 2 or more disabling relapses in one year, and with 1 or more Gadolinium enhancing lesions on brain MRI or a significant increase in T2 lesion load as compared to a previous recent MRI

 

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