Patent ID: 9155776
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a human patient suffering from a relapsing form of multiple sclerosis, while inducing reduced severity of injection site reactions in the human patient relative to administration of 20 mg of glatiramer acetate s.c. daily, the method consisting of one subcutaneous injection of 1 ml of a pharmaceutical composition comprising 40 mg of glatiramer acetate on only each of three days during each week of treatment with at least one day without a subcutaneous injection of the pharmaceutical composition between each day on which there is a subcutaneous injection, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in a prefilled syringe, and wherein the pharmaceutical composition further comprises mannitol and has a pH in the range 5.5 to 7.0, so as to thereby treat the human patient with reduced severity of injection site reactions relative to administration of 20 mg of glatiramer acetate s.c. daily.