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Fingolimod (INN trade name Gilenya Novartis) is an immunomodulating drug approved for treating multiple sclerosis. It has reduced the rate of relapses in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by over half. Fingolimod is a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator which sequesters lymphocytes in lymph nodes preventing them from contributing to an autoimmune reaction.ALSO used in CML BLAST CRISIST315IABL/BCR 190 AND 210 MUTATION. (MICE TRIAL)

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ATC prefix
L04
ATC suffix
AA27
CAS number
162359-55-9
ChEBI
63115
FDA UNII code
3QN8BYN5QF
IUPAC name
2-amino-2-[2-(4-octylphenyl)ethyl]propane-13-diol
PubChem
107970

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