FDA Approves Briumvi (Ublituximab) for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
In case you haven’t heard the news by now, the FDA recently approved Briumvi (Ublituximab), by TG Therapeutics, for the treatment of relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis.
The drug is now the 3rd CD20 anti-b-cell therapy on the market for Multiple Sclerosis. Up until now, Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) and Kesimpta (ofatumumab) were the only B-cell targeting drugs available on the market.
This is great news, because B-cell therapies, such as the drugs named above, have all been proven highly effective as disease-modifying therapies for MS.
Given as a twice-yearly infusion, Briumvi is currently available for Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), Clinically-Isolated Syndrome (CIS), and Secondary-progressive MS (SPMS).
According to the MS News Today article below, “Briumvi was engineered to be more potent than other anti-CD20 therapies, allowing for lower doses and shorter infusion times.”
MS is a disease of the central nervous system that specifically targets the myelin sheath in the brain and spinal cord. Any time those with MS can get a new medication available to them on the market, it’s a huge victory in the fight against a disease that can take away almost every function in the human body.
If you’re one of us in the MS “club”, join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month for our MS group meeting here
Stressed? In pain? Take a break with us while we paint a relaxing winter scene with your peers who “get it”. While this is our last art class of 2022, we are coming back strong in 2023! (In fact, you can register here)
Supplies:
Acrylic paints: Blue / Purple / Yellow / White / Brown / Black / Red (or your choice bird color)
Brushes: Flat 3/4in OR similar size; Round size #8 or smaller
We LOVE our Art Friends here at AnCan! Not only do we create beautiful things together, but we take the time to come together as a community. All of our “students” are learning more and more each time, and we use those skills in other classes.
We also truly care about what matters to you. In fact, this art class project was requested by AnCan Art Friend Sharon, who wants to see the northern lights in person. Do you have any ideas for future classes? Just let us know!!
For this class, you’ll need
Paper
Your choice of medium – markers, pen, pencil, colored pencils, paint, watercolor pencils, anything that can mark.
Art Class was back in session with Hannah teaching us about fall trees, including fun add ons to your fall escape like owls, squirrels, and a swing.
Anything goes here! While markers were the main medium, we heard about coffee, soy sauce, and gum as potential art supplies.
You’ll need
Paper
Your choice of medium – markers, pen, pencil, colored pencils, paint, watercolor pencils, anything that can mark.
This art class was also in loving honor of our AnCan art friend, George Degnon, and we are holding his family tightly in our hearts. May his memory always be a blessing.
AnCan and The Marsh (well renown, long-established theater company with a large following in the Bay Area and venues in San Francisco and Oakland) collaborateevery 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal!
Our guest for September was one of our very own – Hannah Garrison!
Hannah, who lives with multiple sclerosis (MS), took a blank canvas and created a piece of visual art throughout the show as she is interviewed by Rick Davis, with questions from the audience.
San Antonio, Texas-based artist Hannah received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2014. Undiagnosed symptoms of MS started creeping into her life, resulting in a few tumultuous years. Her symptoms accelerated in severity in the spring of 2017; that summer she received her diagnosis. An identity crisis ensued, and she found that using the arts as meditation and therapy helped her to not only heal but also to become a better caregiver.
Being honest about her diagnosis to complete strangers was not only effective medicine for her but for them as well. She now teaches visual arts to those who are chronically ill—to those living with cancer, MS, and more. Inside hospitals, she creates large window paintings for patients at their bedside and has witnessed the life-changing effects of art combined with an empathetic ear. She teaches AnCan’s virtual arts classes and has been virtually teaching the arts through various other organizations since 2020, during the height of the pandemic.
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In case you haven’t heard the news by now, the FDA recently approved Briumvi (Ublituximab), by TG Therapeutics, for the treatment of relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis.
