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MS Society Calls for Law Change on Unproven Stem Cell Trials

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, December 17th, 2008

Following yesterday's published guidelines on unproven stem cell treatments by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), the MS Society is calling on the Government to change the law on advertising medicines.

The MS Society supports the advice from the ISSCR that patients and their families should approach stem cell therapy with caution.

The Society has this week warned people with MS of a 'stem cell trial' being marketed from the Seychelles and Dubai, due to a lack of current evidence to support a stem cell treatment for MS.

It is understood that a company called Integrated BioSciences (IBS), registered in the...

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