{"id":472,"date":"2014-10-26T05:24:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/?p=472"},"modified":"2014-10-26T05:24:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T05:24:13","slug":"betaferon-still-works-a-new-ray-of-hope-for-the-injectables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/2014\/10\/26\/betaferon-still-works-a-new-ray-of-hope-for-the-injectables\/","title":{"rendered":"Betaferon still works:  A new ray of hope for the injectables?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 5 years, the therapy for RRMS has radically changed.\u00a0 Oral therapies have come to the fore, leaving the injectables a &#8220;not so flavor of the month&#8221;.\u00a0 In this months issue of JNNP the BENEFITS study group reports on utility of betaferon in CIS.\u00a0 The time to second relapse was significantly longer when treated with betaferons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more at:<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"article-title-1\">Long-term impact of interferon beta-1b in patients with CIS: 8-year follow-up of BENEFIT<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"open-access-note\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/site\/about\/unlocked.xhtml\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Open Access\" src=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/publisher\/icons\/open-access-logo.gif\" alt=\"Open Access\" width=\"116\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"custom-flag patients-choice\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Patient's Choice\" src=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/publisher\/icons\/toc\/pc-cyan.gif\" alt=\"Patient's Choice\" width=\"75\" height=\"20\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"contributors\">\n<ol id=\"contrib-group-1\" class=\"contributor-list\">\n<li id=\"contrib-1\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=G+Edan&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">G Edan<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-1-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-1\">1<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-2\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=L+Kappos&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">L Kappos<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-2-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-2\">2<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-3\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=X+Montalb%C3%A1n&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">X Montalb\u00e1n<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-3-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-3\">3<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-4\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=C+H+Polman&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">C H Polman<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-4-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-4\">4<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-5\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=M+S+Freedman&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">M S Freedman<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-5-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-5\">5<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-6\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=H-P+Hartung&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">H-P Hartung<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-6-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-6\">6<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-7\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=D+Miller&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">D Miller<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-7-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-7\">7<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-8\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=F+Barkhof&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">F Barkhof<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-8-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-8\">8<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-9\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=J+Herrmann&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">J Herrmann<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-9-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-9\">9<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-10\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=V+Lanius&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">V Lanius<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-10-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-10\">10<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-11\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=B+Stemper&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">B Stemper<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-10-2\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-10\">10<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-12\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=C+Pohl&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">C Pohl<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-10-3\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-10\">10<\/a><span class=\"xref-sep\">,<\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-11-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-11\">11<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-13\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=R+Sandbrink&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">R Sandbrink<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-6-2\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-6\">6<\/a><span class=\"xref-sep\">,<\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-10-4\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-10\">10<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-14\" class=\"last\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=D+Pleimes&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">D Pleimes<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-12-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/11\/1183.abstract#aff-12\">12<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"on-behalf-of\">for the BENEFIT Study Group<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><cite><span id=\"article-slug-jnl-abbr\"> <abbr class=\"slug-jnl-abbrev\" title=\"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery &amp; Psychiatry\"> J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry<\/abbr> 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