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From the elan company website: Antegren/Tysabri (natalizumab).
- Business World: Biogen Idec, Elan, Tysabri (natalizumab), And Multiple Sclerosis
From Bloomberg via the New York Times:Move to Reinstate Multiple Sclerosis Drug Published: September 21, 2005 By Bloomberg News Biogen Idec Inc. and the Elan Corporation said yesterday that they would seek federal regulatory approval to resume sales...
- Business World: Biogen Idec, Elan, & Tysabri (natalizumab) And Avonex (interferon Beta-1a)
From: RTE Ireland:Elan releases Tysabri trial figures July 19, 2005 11:09 Pharmaceutical company Elan has released figures showing that its suspended Tysabri drug improved the effectiveness of Biogen's Avonex in the treatment of multiple sclerosis....
- Tysabri (natalizumab): Another Case Of Pml
A third case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), as reported via The New York Times website: M.S. Drug Tied to a Death Published: March 31, 2005 By Bloomberg News Biogen Idec and the Elan Corporation said that a third patient had developed...
- More M.s. Drug Woes: Avonex And 683699
Biogen and F.D.A. Issue Drug Warning By ANDREW POLLACK The New York Times Published: March 17, 2005 Biogen Idec's multiple sclerosis drug Avonex might cause severe liver damage in rare cases, the company and the Food and Drug Administration said...
- Post Tysabri (natalizumab): What Choices In M.s. Treatment?
The Consumer: Exploring Choices for M.S. By MARY DUENWALD The New York Times 15 March 2005 [snip] An estimated 5,000 patients who had been taking Tysabri since the Food and Drug Administration approved it in late November are now advised to see their...
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Multiple Sclerosis and Antegren/Tysabri
From the CBC:
Health Canada fast tracks review of multiple sclerosis drug[ ... Read the full report ... ]
Last Updated Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:28:46 EST
TORONTO - Some Canadians with multiple sclerosis are encouraged by the early results of a study on a new kind of treatment for the disease.
The drug Antegren prevents white blood cells from migrating to the central nervous system and flooding the brain, where the cells can cause damage.
The study included 942 patients with relapsing-remitting MS, the earliest phase of the disease.
After one year, patients on Antregen had two-thirds fewer relapses or attacks compared to patients given a placebo.
"In general, you can say that this is the greatest therapeutic effects ever seen in year one for a trial of a multiple sclerosis drug," said Dr. Paul O'Connor, the lead Canadian investigator for the trial.
From the elan company website: Antegren/Tysabri (natalizumab).
- Business World: Biogen Idec, Elan, Tysabri (natalizumab), And Multiple Sclerosis
From Bloomberg via the New York Times:Move to Reinstate Multiple Sclerosis Drug Published: September 21, 2005 By Bloomberg News Biogen Idec Inc. and the Elan Corporation said yesterday that they would seek federal regulatory approval to resume sales...
- Business World: Biogen Idec, Elan, & Tysabri (natalizumab) And Avonex (interferon Beta-1a)
From: RTE Ireland:Elan releases Tysabri trial figures July 19, 2005 11:09 Pharmaceutical company Elan has released figures showing that its suspended Tysabri drug improved the effectiveness of Biogen's Avonex in the treatment of multiple sclerosis....
- Tysabri (natalizumab): Another Case Of Pml
A third case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), as reported via The New York Times website: M.S. Drug Tied to a Death Published: March 31, 2005 By Bloomberg News Biogen Idec and the Elan Corporation said that a third patient had developed...
- More M.s. Drug Woes: Avonex And 683699
Biogen and F.D.A. Issue Drug Warning By ANDREW POLLACK The New York Times Published: March 17, 2005 Biogen Idec's multiple sclerosis drug Avonex might cause severe liver damage in rare cases, the company and the Food and Drug Administration said...
- Post Tysabri (natalizumab): What Choices In M.s. Treatment?
The Consumer: Exploring Choices for M.S. By MARY DUENWALD The New York Times 15 March 2005 [snip] An estimated 5,000 patients who had been taking Tysabri since the Food and Drug Administration approved it in late November are now advised to see their...