Novartis will sell its drug under the brand name Gilenya in the U.S..

诺华公司的该药物在美国市场的商品名为Gilenya。

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Avonex and similar drugs decrease the rate of MS relapses by 30%, Gilenya by 50%, Tysabri by 70%.

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Gilenya works by a totally new mechanism to block some immune system t-cells from escaping from the lymph nodes.

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If patients switch off BG-12, they might be more likely to try Gilenya than go back to Avonex, meaning a lost sale to Biogen.

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