| Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Copaxone vs Tascenso ODT
Side-by-side clinical, coverage, and cost comparison for multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting.Deep comparison between: Copaxone vs Tascenso Odt with Prescriber.AI
AI compares prescribing info and payer-specific access barriers across 1,200+ formularies. Here's a preview of what prescribers are already asking.Safety signalsTascenso Odt has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Copaxone based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Tascenso Odt but not Copaxone, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Copaxone
Tascenso Odt
At A Glance
SC injection
Daily or 3x weekly
Immunomodulator
Oral
Daily
Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator
Indications
- Clinically isolated syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
- Multiple Sclerosis, Secondary Progressive
- Clinically isolated syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
- Multiple Sclerosis, Secondary Progressive
Dosing
Clinically isolated syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Multiple Sclerosis, Secondary Progressive 20 mg/mL SC once daily OR 40 mg/mL SC three times per week (at least 48 hours apart); the two strengths are not interchangeable.
Clinically isolated syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Multiple Sclerosis, Secondary Progressive Adults and pediatric patients (10 years and older) weighing more than 40 kg: 0.5 mg orally once daily, with or without food; pediatric patients (10 years and older) weighing 40 kg or less: 0.25 mg orally once daily, with or without food.
Contraindications
- Known hypersensitivity to glatiramer acetate or mannitol, including anaphylaxis
- Myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke, TIA, decompensated heart failure requiring hospitalization, or Class III/IV heart failure within the last 6 months
- History or presence of Mobitz Type II second-degree or third-degree AV block or sick sinus syndrome without a functioning pacemaker
- Baseline QTc interval >= 500 msec
- Cardiac arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic treatment with Class Ia or Class III anti-arrhythmic drugs
- Previous hypersensitivity reaction to fingolimod or any excipient (including rash, urticaria, or angioedema)
- Concomitant use with other products containing fingolimod
Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=2%) Injection site erythema, pain, pruritus, mass, edema, and inflammation; vasodilatation, rash, dyspnea, chest pain, nausea, palpitations, lymphadenopathy, asthenia, anxiety, infection
Serious Anaphylactic reactions, immediate post-injection reaction, chest pain, lipoatrophy and skin necrosis, potential effects on immune response, hepatic injury
Postmarketing Sepsis, SLE syndrome, thrombosis, myocardial infarct, thrombocytopenia, lymphoma-like reaction, acute leukemia, cirrhosis, hepatic injury, anaphylactic reactions, cerebrovascular accident, pulmonary embolus, blindness
Most common (>=10%) Headache, liver transaminase elevation, diarrhea, cough, influenza, sinusitis, back pain, abdominal pain, pain in extremity
Serious Bradyarrhythmia, AV blocks, infections, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, macular edema, liver injury, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, fetal risk, malignancies, hypersensitivity reactions
Postmarketing Hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, liver injury, cryptococcal infections, HPV infection, PML, arthralgia, myalgia, PRES, seizures, melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, hypersensitivity
Pharmacology
Glatiramer acetate is an immunomodulator thought to act by modifying immune processes responsible for MS pathogenesis; upon SC administration, glatiramer acetate-specific suppressor T-cells are induced and activated in the periphery.
Fingolimod is metabolized to fingolimod-phosphate, a sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator that binds with high affinity to S1P receptors 1, 3, 4, and 5, blocking lymphocyte egress from lymph nodes and reducing peripheral blood lymphocyte counts, thereby limiting lymphocyte migration into the central nervous system.
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Copaxone
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (12/12) · Step Therapy (1/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
Tascenso Odt
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (10/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (9/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Copaxone
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (6/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (7/8)
Tascenso Odt
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (1/8)
Humana
Copaxone
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (1/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Tascenso Odt
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (2/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
Cost estimate not availableAccessia Health: Multiple Sclerosis - Private Insurance: Waitlist
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
Cost estimate not availableAccessia Health: Multiple Sclerosis - Private Insurance: Waitlist
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
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Clinical data sourced from FDA-approved labeling. Coverage data via MMIT. Updated monthly.