As part of KesimptaConnect, your patients have access to a homecare service:

^†For ongoing deliveries from Week 8, if you or your patient prefer monthly delivery, this is also an option.

The KesimptaConnect Nurse team has experience caring for a wide range of patients with MS and have in-depth knowledge of KESIMPTA.

Once KESIMPTA has been prescribed, the nurse team can provide self-injection support, designed to ensure that your patient is both:

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Comfortable with the self-injection technique using the KESIMPTA pen

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Confident in injecting themselves at home

They will also keep you informed of your patient’s progress.

Each KesimptaConnect Nurse can support your patients with health psychology approaches.

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Once the decision to prescribe KESIMPTA has been made and you have registered your patient for KesimptaConnect, a KesimptaConnect Nurse will contact your patient to organise their first appointment and provide KESIMPTA pen injection guidance.

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The first injection of KESIMPTA should be performed under the guidance of a healthcare professional, for example, a KesimptaConnect Nurse.

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This service will be provided with the needs of your patient at the forefront, and offered as either face-to-face or virtual, depending on their preference. The flexibility of this service is designed to ensure that your patient is as comfortable as possible with using their KESIMPTA pen.

• The KesimptaConnect Nurse will provide support using a self-injection demonstration kit and answer any further questions your patient may have

• At the first appointment, the KesimptaConnect Nurse will conduct personalisation screening, to understand the patient’s support needs, agree a contact schedule with the patient and arrange the next call or visit

• The KesimptaConnect Nurse will make contact with the patient ahead of each scheduled injection for the first 12 weeks to check on confidence with self-injection and provide personalised support

• Subsequent interactions will be determined by the patient and KesimptaConnect Nurse (as required) for up to 12 months

• Visit summaries will be sent to you by the KesimptaConnect Nurse after each patient interaction to keep you informed of your patient’s progress

• Injection reminders can be set up by the KesimptaConnect Nurse so that the patient is sent SMS reminders one day before and on the day their injection is due. This option will be discussed with the patient at the first appointment

The service will ensure that your patient is adequately supported until they are comfortable with their once-monthly self-administration.

Once your patient is comfortable, they will also be supported in accessing the designated KesimptaConnect App for further ongoing support.

For more information and details on how to enrol your patients in the KesimptaConnect programme, please speak to your local Novartis representative.

The KesimptaConnect app provides educational support and resources tailored to each patient, including:

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• Information on KESIMPTA to empower your patient to understand their MS and provide tools to help them manage it

• MS management support to provide articles and interactive content on wider aspects of living with MS (e.g., managing fatigue, emotional wellbeing, keeping active, work)

• Injection reminders and tracking will enable your patients to track when to take their injection, record when they took injections and which injection site was used

The KesimptaConnect nurse will support the patient in accessing the app, which is available on both mobile phone and web browsers.

Should you wish to find out more about the app please reach out to your local Novartis representative.