Im a vegetarian or vegan. Do these medicines contain animal animal or human products?
Like many medicines, all the DMDs contain animal or human products, apart from glatiramer acetate (Copaxone®). Interferons are natural substances made up in our body to help protect (or interfere hence the name interferons) against infections and diseases. Hence animal products are needed in the manufacturing process. Glatiramer acetate is entirely free of these: it consists of laboratory made protein molecules (amino acids) that naturally occur in the human body. If you are vegetarian or vegan, this might be important to you.
