| Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Copaxone vs Vumerity
Side-by-side clinical, coverage, and cost comparison for multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting.Deep comparison between: Copaxone vs Vumerity 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 signalsVumerity has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Copaxone based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Vumerity but not Copaxone, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Copaxone
Vumerity
At A Glance
SC injection
Daily or 3x weekly
Immunomodulator
Oral
Twice daily
Nrf2 pathway activator
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 Starting dose 231 mg twice daily orally for 7 days; maintenance dose 462 mg (two 231 mg capsules) twice daily orally; temporary reduction to 231 mg twice daily may be considered for tolerability, resuming 462 mg twice daily within 4 weeks.
Contraindications
- Known hypersensitivity to glatiramer acetate or mannitol, including anaphylaxis
- Known hypersensitivity to diroximel fumarate, dimethyl fumarate, or any excipient of VUMERITY (reactions may include anaphylaxis and angioedema)
- Concomitant use of dimethyl fumarate
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%) Flushing, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea
Serious Anaphylaxis, angioedema, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, herpes zoster and other serious opportunistic infections, lymphopenia, liver injury, serious gastrointestinal reactions
Postmarketing Acute pancreatitis, gastrointestinal perforation/ulceration/obstruction/hemorrhage, liver function abnormalities (transaminases >=3 times ULN with total bilirubin >2 times ULN), herpes zoster infection, rhinorrhea, alopecia
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.
Diroximel fumarate is a prodrug converted to its active metabolite monomethyl fumarate (MMF), which activates the Nrf2 pathway involved in cellular response to oxidative stress and acts as a nicotinic acid receptor agonist in vitro; the mechanism by which it exerts therapeutic effect in multiple sclerosis is unknown.
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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)
Vumerity
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (10/12) · Step Therapy (5/12) · Qty limit (10/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Copaxone
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (6/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (7/8)
Vumerity
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (0/8)
Humana
Copaxone
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (1/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Vumerity
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (3/3) · 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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