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Monthly interferon beta?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:04 pm
by adeboer
I have heard there is an interferon beta, like avonex and betaseron, being developed that you only need to inject once per month. What do you think about this? The safety of the pills coming out, like Gilenya, make me nervous...
Re: Monthly interferon beta?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:59 pm
by NHE
adeboer wrote:I have heard there is an interferon beta, like avonex and betaseron, being developed that you only need to inject once per month. What do you think about this? The safety of the pills coming out, like Gilenya, make me nervous...
Biogen is working on a pegylated version of Ifn-B. It is currently in phase III.
Here's a link to their pipeline...
http://www.biogenidec.com/research_prod ... px?ID=5778
NHE