Long-term data
Safety studies
Comment: Dr. Mark S. Freedman, Director, Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
The 31st congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (ECTRIMS) featured new research on current therapies for multiple sclerosis. In Canada, two oral therapies – teriflunomide and dimethyl fumarate (DMF) – are routinely used as first-line agents. The following summarizes key data for these two therapies presented at ECTRIMS.