relapse

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Most patients experience a relapse, followed by rapid disease progression.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

The Swiss pharmaceutical company said Monday that the drug, called fenebrutinib, reduced the annualized relapse rate—when symptoms get worse—by 51% compared with Sanofi’s Aubagio over a period of at least 96 weeks of treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

The stories in Lauren Groff’s third collection, “Brawler,” largely feature people who’ve hit crisis points in their lives: the abusive partner, the natural disaster, the relapse, the deathbed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Many patients relapse after treatment and require additional lines of therapy, Gilead said.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

I returned it to her; she received it quietly, and without saying anything she was about to relapse into her former studious mood: again I ventured to disturb her—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë