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26 January 2012
ASCEND Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of TYSABRI® (natalizumab) as a Treatment for Secondary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
WESTON, Mass. & DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2012-- Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) today announced a global Phase 3b study, ASCEND, that is being conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of TYSABRI as a treatment for secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, approximately half of all people initially diagnosed with relapsing-remitting mult... 
25 January 2012
Elan Announces Webcast of Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2011 Financial Results
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2012-- Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE:ELN) announced today that it will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), 1:30 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) with the investment community to discuss Elan’s fourth quarter and full-year 2011 financial results, which will be released before the European and U.S. financial markets open. Live audio of the conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet a... 
20 January 2012
FDA Updates TYSABRI® (natalizumab) Label to Include Anti-JC Virus Antibody Status as a PML Risk Factor
WESTON, Mass. & DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2012-- Today Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a product label change for TYSABRI that will help enable individual benefit risk assessment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The new label identifies anti-JCV antibody status as a risk factor for developing an infrequent but serious brain infection known as progressive multifocal leukoence... 

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