Tysabri: The Risk of Revival
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Biogen Idec brilliantly convinced FDA's advisory experts to let the multiple sclerosis drug back on the market. FDA and the drug industry should prepare for the worst. One projection has 100,000 patients eligible for the immunosuppressant once it returns to the market. If there's significant penetration of that population, the drug's discoverer says it could be the setting for a public health disaster.
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