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MS DRUG THERAPIES

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INJECTABLE THERAPIES

• Avonex – (Biogen) Taken once a week
  • Click the link for more information https://www.avonex.com/  
• Betaseron – (Bayer) Taken every other day
  •  Clink the link for more information https://www.betaseron.com/
• Copaxone – (Teva Pharmaceuticals Company) Taken 40mg taken 3 times a week or 20mg taken everyday
  • Click the link for more information https://www.copaxone.com/
• Extavia –(Norvartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation) Taken every other day
  • Click the link for more information https://www.extavia.com/
• Glatiramer Acetate I –generic for Copaxone (Mylan) Taken either 20mg/ml once a day or 40mg/ml 3 times per week
  • Click the link for more information https://www.glatirameracetate.com/
• Glatopa (Norvartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation) Taken either 20mg/ml once a day or 40mg/ml 3 times per week
  • Click the link for more information https://www.glatopa.com/
• Kesimpta (Norvartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation) Taken 1 dose per week for the first 3 weeks, and then you’ll skip a week. After that, you take 1 dose per month.
  • Click the link for more information https://www.kesimpta.com/patient-support/resources/
• Plegridy (Biogen) Taken every two weeks
  • Click the link for more information https://www.plegridy.com/
• Rebif (EMD Serono) Taken three times per week
  • Click the link for more information https://www.rebif.com/en

 

INFUSED THERAPIES

• Lemtrada  (Sanofi Genzyme)1 Infusion a day for 5 days in a row. After 12 months 1 Infusion a day for 3 days. Click the link for more information https://www.lemtrada.com/
• Ocrevus (Genentech) Infusion 2 times a year. Click the link for more information https://www.ocrevus.com/
• Tysabri (Biogen) Infused every 28 days. Click the link for more information https://www.tysabri.com/
• Briumvi (TG Therapeutics)  First Infusion, then 2nd Infusion 2 weeks later, subsequent infusions 24 weeks after 1st Infusion and every 24 weeks thereafter.
  Click the link for more information https://briumvi.com

 

ORAL THERAPIES

• Aubagio  Click the link for more information https://www.aubagio.com/
• Dimethyl Fumarate (generic equivalent of Tecfidera) Click the link for more information https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-163864/dimethyl-fumarate-oral/details
• Gilenya   Click the link for more information https://www.gilenya.com/
• Mavenclad   Click the link for more information https://www.mavenclad.com/
• Mayzent   Click the link for more information https://www.mayzent.com/
• Tecfidera  Click the link for more information https://www.tecfidera.com/
• Zeposia   Click the link for more information https://www.zeposia.com/

 

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES

• Biogen Click the link for more information https://www.biogen.com/  
• EMD Serono  Click the link for more information https://www.emdserono.com/us-en
• Mylan Click the link for more information https://www.mylan.com/
• Norvartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Click the link for more information https://www.novartis.com/
• Sanofi Genzyme Click the link for more information https://www.sanofi.com/
• Teva Pharmaceuticals Company Click the link for more information https://www.tevapharm.com/
• TG Therapeutics click the link for more information https://www.tgtherapeutics.com/