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Nurse system available for U.S. patients with multiple sclerosis

Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, November 1st, 2004

Pharmaceutical companies Serono and Pfizer have announced a that a system of nurses is now available across the United States to provide support, in-home training and education for people with multiple sclerosis who are on therapy with Rebif interferon beta-1a).

Rebif, co-marketed by the two companies, is a disease-modifying drug given three times per week by self-injection that has been proven to delay the progression of disability associated with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

The nursing system, called The MS LifeLines Nurse Educators, will help teach Rebif patients about the importance of their therapy and how to administer it. According...

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Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2004-11-01)

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