COMRADES! I want to alert you to this gross misuse of the word "progress"-


AAN: Laquinimod Cuts Relapses, [highlight=#FFFF00]Progression[/highlight] in MS
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today
Published: April 11, 2011

HONOLULU -- The investigational drug laquinimod, in development for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), reduced the relapse rate as well as [highlight=#FFFF00]disease progression[/highlight] in a placebo-controlled phase III trial, according to data released here.

Relapses were 23% less common with the drug relative to placebo, and [highlight=#FFFF00]progression of disability[/highlight] was cut 36%, according to a late-breaking abstract slated for presentation on Friday at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting, by Giancarlo Comi, MD, of the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, Italy.

A securities firm broke the embargo on the abstract, AAN staff said, forcing them to allow other media to report the data.

Besides [highlight=#FFFF00]slowing progression and relapses[/highlight], laquinimod treatment in the two-year, 1,106-patient ALLEGRO study reduced the number of new T2 and cumulative gadolinium-enhancing lesions on MRI scans, Comi and colleagues indicated.

In addition, [highlight=#FFFF00]progression of brain atrophy[/highlight] was reduced 32.8%. FULL STORY


This use of the word "progress" MUST STOP NOW! It sounds like a deadly disease, not the Glorious Coming World of Next Tuesday™

"Progressive disease" is an unfortunate and unapproved expression.