AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioMedWire Editorial Coverage: Today’s multiple sclerosis treatments can slow down disease progression, but none of them halt it outright, and none give back the function patients have already lost. Close to a million people in the United States, and nearly 2.9 million worldwide, live with that reality, watching a condition that steadily chips away at mobility, eyesight and basic physical control. That gap in treatment options just picked up a serious new contender. Quantum BioPharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: QNTM) (profile) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) clearance to launch a phase 2 trial of Lucid-MS, a patented, first-in-class candidate designed not to calm the immune system but to shield, and potentially rebuild, the myelin sheath itself. The clearance sets up what would be the first time in history that a drug built on this exact mechanism gets tested in people living with MS, a milestone significant enough that it has already drawn a fresh buy rating from Wall Street analysts. That momentum puts Quantum BioPharma squarely among a group of leading pharma companies, including Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK), TG Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: TGTX) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY), that are focused on treating serious diseases and areas of major unmet medical need. Read More