[mjlee]

Anokion (now bankrupt) also seemed to have some progress along these lines (link below).

A close family member suffers from MS and is on the more effective but less safe drugs available. They haven’t suffered a relapse since starting them four years ago, but they have been hospitalised twice as a result of side effects.

As we learn more about the relationship between the immune system and various seemingly unrelated diseases the research and understanding has massively increased over the last few years. I’m cautiously optimistic that better treatments aren’t far away. An ancestor was lobotomised for hysteria in the 1960s, before being diagnosed with MS.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04602390

[SmellTheGlove]

Which drug are they on, if you're okay sharing?

[mjlee]

Ocrelizumab/ocrevus. Initially as an infusion, but the doctor recommended monthly injections after neutropenic sepsis.

After moving to injections there was a hospitalisation for an upper respiratory tract infection, but not nearly as serious.

On a positive note, MRIs have shown no new lesions, and bio markers seem to show no relapses.