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Gilenya a Possible Link to Rare Brain Infection

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to the public indicating that a patient in Europe diagnosed with possible multiple sclerosis has developed a rare and serious brain infection after taking Gilenya.

Gilenya is used to treat relapsing forms of MS, a nervous system disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. This is the first case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), which is a rare and serious brain infection caused by the John Cunningham ...

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