MS Treatments

15.02.2022

This table contains a 2022 update of all existent MS treatment in the European Union, approved in a centralised procedure by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or decentralised at national level.

To obtain more treatment-related information click on the names mentioned under ‘Commercial brand’.

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*Table entries are introduced in a random order

Disease-Modifying Therapies (DMTs)

Active

substance

Commercial brand

Pharmaceutical

company

Year of

approval

Type and frequency of administration

 

 

Glatiramer acetate

 

 

 

Copaxone® 40MG/ML



Copaxone®
20MG/ML

 

 

 

Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd

 

 

2004 and 2015

 

 

Subcutaneous. Daily or three times per week


Glatiramer acetate
Glatiramer Mylan
20 or 40 mg
(Generic of Copaxone ® )

Mylan

2016 and 2017

Subcutaneous. Daily or three times per week
 

 

Alemtuzumab

 

 

Lemtrada®

 

 

Genzyme Therapeutics Ltd

 

 

2013

 

 

Intravenous. Three treatment cycles of five days each per year


Cladribine

Mavenclad®

Merck

2017

Oral. Two courses of treatment throughout 2 years
 

 

Dimethyl fumarate

 

 

Tecfidera®

 

 

Biogen

 

 

2014

 

 

Oral. Twice per day

 

 

Interferon beta-1a

 

 

 

Avonex®

 

 

Biogen

 

 

1997

 

 

Intramuscular. Once per week

 

 

Interferon beta-1a

 

 

Rebif®

 

 

Merck

 

 

1998

 

 

Subcutaneous. Three times per week

 

 

Interferon beta-1b

 

 

Betaferon®

 

Bayer Pharma Ag

 

 

1995

 

 

Subcutaneous. Every two days

 

 

Interferon beta-1b

 

 

Extavia®

 

Novartis Europharm Ltd

 

 

2008

 

 

Subcutaneous. Every two days

 

 

Peginterferon beta-1a

 

 

Plegridy®

 

Biogen

 

 

2014

 

 

Subcutaneous. Every two weeks

 

 

Fingolimod

 

 

Gilenya®

 

Novartis Europharm Ltd

 

2011

 

Oral. Daily

 

Mitoxantrone

(generic since 2006)

 

Novantrone®

 

 

Meda Pharma S.A.U

 

 

1998

 

Intravenous. Variable frequency. Maximum cumulative dose: 140 mg/ m²

 

Natalizumab

 

Tysabri®

 

Biogen

 

2006

 

 

Intravenous. Every four weeks

 

Ocrelizumab Ocrevus® Roche 2018 Intravenous. Every six months
 

 

Ofatumumab

 

 

Kesimpta®

 

 

Novartis Europharm Ltd

 

 

2021

 

 

Subcutaneous. Every four weeks

 

 

 

Ozanlimod

 

 

Zeposia®

 

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma EEIG

 

 

2020

 

 

Oral. Daily

 

 

Ponesimod

 

Ponvory®

 

Janssen-Cilag International N.V.

 

2021

 

 

Oral. Daily

 

 

Siponimod

 

Mayzent®

 

Novartis Europharm Ltd

 

2020

 

 

Oral. Daily

 

 Teriflunomide

 

Aubagio®

 Sanofi-Aventis  2013  

Oral. Daily

 

Symptomatic treatments

Active

substance

Commercial brand

Pharmaceutical

company

Year of

approval

Type and frequency of administration

 

 

Cannabidiol / delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol

 

 

Sativex®

 

 

Almirall, S.A.

 

 

2011

 

 

Oromucosal spray for oral use (4 weeks trial) – individualized number of sprays per day

 


Fampridine

Fampyra®
Biogen 2011
Oral. Twice per day

Table reproduced with the courtesy of our member society Esclerosis Multiple Espana (EME).