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Genzyme and Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany Announce Start of Phase 3 Program with Alemtuzumab for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

Date:9/26/2007

ical centers throughout North America, Australia, Latin America, and Europe, and will again compare alemtuzumab-treated patients to Rebif-treated patients according to two co-primary endpoints: the time to sustained accumulation of disability, and the annualized relapse rate. Alemtuzumab will be dosed at 12 mg/day for five days by daily IV infusion, with a second dosing 12 months later of 12 mg/day for three days. All patients will be followed from their entry into the trial until two years from the date that the last patient is randomized to treatment. Alemtuzumab-treated patients will continue to have safety evaluations for at least three years after the last course of treatment. The companies anticipate filing for marketing approval of alemtuzumab for the treatment of MS in 2011.

Alemtuzumab is an investigational drug for the treatment of MS and must not be used outside of a formal clinical trial setting in MS patients. Physicians or patients seeking additional information about the CARE-MS I trial should contact Genzyme Medical Information at 1-800-745-4447, option 2 in the United States, + 31 35 6991499 in Europe, or visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov.

About Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) in which the immune system can attack the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, difficulty walking, numbness, and vision problems, and can progress to cause severe disability. Relapsing-remitting MS is the most common form of this disease.

About Alemtuzumab

Alemtuzumab is licensed in the United States as a single agent for the treatment of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), and outside of the U.S. for the treatment of B-CLL in patients who have been treated with alkylating agents and who have failed fludarabine therapy. The product was launched in its oncology indi
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