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Plegridy is also interferon beta-1a, like Avonex, but it's pegylated. They've done some tinkering with the molecules:

PEGylation - Wikipedia

Reducing the dosage frequency would make life easier. I recall doing an Avonex shot once a week and would have been glad if it had been less often.
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