WAYNE, N.J., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients treated with Betaseron® (interferon beta-1b) shortly after their first clinical MS event or “attack” showed a 40 percent lower risk of developing confirmed disability progression compared to patients in whom treatment was delayed. The results-which were fast-tracked and published in The Lancet this week-provide the first controlled evidence that delaying Betaseron treatment has an effect on later accumulation of disability, as observed over the three-year study period. No other MS therapy has demonstrated this effect in this early patient population.
