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3 unusual facts about Interferon beta 1a


Interferon beta 1a

Interferon beta 1b is marketed only by Bayer in the US as Betaseron and outside the US as Betaferon.

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Interferon beta 1a is sold under the trade names Avonex (Biogen Idec) and Rebif (Merck Serono), (Pfizer); CinnoVex (CinnaGen) is biosimilar.

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Cinnovex was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in collaboration with CinnaGen, and is the first therapeutic protein from a Fraunhofer laboratory to be approved as biogeneric / biosimilar medicine.



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