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Originally Posted by Gazelle
Cop1, huh? I'm thinking that doesn't make you OLD, it just makes you aware of stuff to deal with this disease longer!  |
yep:
The original researchers named it Copolymer 1, the "1" indicating that it was the result of their first copolymerization reaction. Until 1996, the drug went through life as Copolymer 1, often shortened to Cop 1. Those familiar with the full name pronounced Cop as "cope"; others pronounced it as if talking about a police officer.
Teva, the firm which carried out the final steps of development of Cop 1 and filed a New Drug Application (NDA) for it, chose the trade name CopaxoneŽ, which cleverly incorporated "Cop" and "one", as well as including the word "axon" as a reference to the nervous system and the place at which the drug produces its beneficial action.
http://molinterv.aspetjournals.org/c...ent/full/4/1/6
I remember first hearing about Cop1 at a Sacramento MS Society seminar in 1992.