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I'm not sure this will help, but if you go to the 01:24:5 mark on the following video link you will find a discussion of Tysabri antibody testing by those presumably in the know.


http://www.currentcme-ms.com/login.aspx?id=23623


optimist

Hi Harry, I don't know if you ever took the time (1 1/2 hrs) to look and listen to the video that I linked to in my post of 2/17/05, but it is a video of the ENTIRE live Philadelphia teleconference including Q & A. I listened carefully, but I did not hear the answer that you quoted as a reply to...

I thought the risk of anaphylactic shock is in the first few infusions. Why would this only show up after one had been getting infusions for more than one year and thus in the two year data if it is indeed there?


Optimist

Harry, Quote: [ I believe the inference was the fact that the MS patients were carefully screened for the trial and that they excluded patients whom they thought wouldn't do very well.(Based on the data they obtained from all of the previous interferon trials] To my way of thinking, that is a HUGH j...

Harry, <<this answer was interpreted by one MS professional as basically admitting to putting only potentially successful patients in your trial and not a random sampling of the population for whom you're developing this medication. >> I'm not sure that I am correctly understanding the one MS profes...

Has anyone seen a transcript of the Q & A portion of the Tysabri webcast? The site said to check back on Monday, the 20th, but can' find anything yet.

Observer, A queston about your following remark: Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:03 am Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harryz Sorry about the link. I simply reposted that info from the Braintalk forum. I should have checked it. Just curious f...

Harry Z I have a couple of questions about the Tysabri webcast.. Did someone really say <that Tysabri therapy is not recommended for patients who have failed other therapies UNLESS all other therapies are stopped first!!!!! > I thought Biogen was promoting a combination of drugs as one alternative (...

Harry Z,


Thanks for the reply. I'll be looking forward to any information you receive following the webcast.


Optimist

Harry Z Is the webcast from John Hopkins U about Tysabri that you refer to in your post (Sun. Dec 12, 2004 6:53 am) available to the public? I would love to hear what the MS docs have to say. What is the date of the "mini conference" ? I don't suppose they will have seen any of the 2 year ...

Oddduck Since I'm considering switching from Rebif to Tysabri, I was particularly interested in your post of Dec. 10, 2004 in which you give a link to exchanges between neurolgists regarding Natalizumab(Tysabri). Am I missing something? You say that from your link "it appears there are neurolog...