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DewDiligence

07/11/08 9:51 PM

#64177 RE: Biowatch #64176

>Copaxone is a mix of polypeptides, so sort of counts as a protein, but not really...<

The critical distinction between Copaxone and even the simplest protein drugs is that Copaxone is 100% synthesized.

Copaxone does not even have a biological source in the API (as is the case with Lovenox, for example).