Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) for multiple sclerosis
November 1997
Patients can now try Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) for multiple sclerosis. It's the second MS drug on the market...after Betaseron.
Copaxone is also called copolymer-1 or "cop-1."
It's a polypeptide mixture that resembles a component of myelin. It seems to block the immune reaction against myelin that leads to nerve damage.
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