FDA asked its Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee to vote on nine questions related to the approvability of fingolimod from Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS; SIX:NOVN) to treat patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Despite evidence of increased rates of bradycardia at first dose, the development of macular edema and a gradual decline in pulmonary function in clinical trials of the oral once-daily sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor