Late Friday afternoon, January 22, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they approved AMPYRA™ (dalfampridine, formerly known as fampridine-SR) as a treatment to improve walking in multiple sclerosis patients. Developed by Acorda Therapeutics in partnership with Elan Corp, AMPYRA™ is a proprietary slow-release formulation of the compounded drug 4-aminopyridine (4-AP).
Although the name AMPYRA™ only hit the internet on Friday, the drug and its predecessor...
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