• Researchers recognize that a large share of long-term disability accumulates independent of relapses altogether, a phenomenon researchers call progression independent of relapse activity.
  • That shift has forced researchers to look at what is actually driving PIRA. A major suspect is chronic active lesions, sometimes called smoldering or mixed active-inactive lesions.
  • Rather than broadly suppressing the immune system, Quantum BioPharma’s Lucid-MS is designed to inhibit myelin degradation, preserve myelin and support functional recovery.

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 13, 2026 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Multiple sclerosis is quietly shifting how drugmakers define success. Instead of judging a therapy mainly by whether it reduces relapses, developers are chasing the slower, harder-to-treat processes that drive long-term disability, and Quantum BioPharma (NASDAQ: QNTM) (CSE: QNTM) is one of the companies building a therapy around that shift, through its myelin-focused candidate Lucid-MS.

For decades, MS treatment success was measured largely by relapse rates. Fewer flare-ups meant a drug was working. But researchers now recognize that a substantial proportion of long-term disability accumulates independent of…

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