Topic: Betaseron

Do You Like Your Autoinjector?

I was just reading about Merck Serono's new " All of the older MS disease-modifying therapies, known as the CRABs (Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex and Betaseron), are injected. I guess lots of people love their autoinjectors, and (if they are taking Rebif) will ...

Betaseron Coupons

Betaseron (interferon beta-1b) is indicated for the treatment of relapsing forms of Multiple Sclerosis . Pregnant women and those who are breast feeding should avoid using Betaseron. This page will help you identify information about Betaseron discounts, allowing affordable and consistent access to ...

The MonSter Chronicles PT4

I had gone about a month working, driving, living with my eye patch. I started to feel off balance and couldn't tilt my head up without feeling nauseous. The steroids were making me as oily as a teenager and as smelly ...
Learn how one amazing woman reveresed her MS symptoms and now leads a completely normal life. Made up of the same amino acids (the major components of proteins) as the interferon beta that is naturally present in the human body, this medication ...

Biogen Idec Sues Other MS Drug Makers

Biogen Idec is suing the makers of multiple sclerosis drugs that, like its own Avonex treatment, are forms of beta interferon.. The biotech claims in a suit filed Friday that drugs sold by companies including Pfizer, Bayer AG and Novartis violate a ...
Conventional MS Treatments Your physician will initially try to treat you with medications such as corticosteroids in order to help with symptoms MS. Chemo should only be considered as a last resort for treatment. These forms of chemotherapeutic medications are used to ...
Novartis is developing FTY-720 and BAF312 as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonists for MS and other indications. Earlier this year, Peptimmune (privately held) and Novartis entered into an agreement giving Novartis an exclusive option to develop PI-2301 for MS. More recently, Novartis and Opexa ...

Extavia is NOT a new drug for MS

Sure, it is new to Novartis and (much like your first car did for you) marks a new era in this company's life, as it enters the world of MS treatment.. Betaseron (which is manufactured by Bayer Schering Pharma AG) is ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Extavia (interferon beta-1b), the first in a new planned portfolio of multiple sclerosis (MS) medicines from Novartis to help patients manage this devastating disease. The same medicinal product as Betaseron*, Extavia offers patients ...
New analyses of data from the 16-Year Long-term Follow-up study with Betaseron(R) (interferon beta-1b), sponsored by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, were presented at the American Academy of Neurology's (AAN) 61st Annual Meeting. The study results showed that early and sustained exposure ...