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Thursday, October 05, 2006

 
BIOGEN NOW HAS 5 MS DRUGS: Adding a fifth product to its portfolio of approved and investigational MS therapies...Biogen is 'hoping to offer MS patients a portfolio of potential therapies.'"(CLICK FOR MORE)

Biogen markets two approved MS therapies:

  • Avonex, a once-weekly interferon beta-1a injection, pulled in revenues of $429 million for the second quarter
  • Tysabri (natalizumab), an alpha-4 antagonist administered by infusion, was voluntarily pulled from the market by Biogen and partner, Dublin, Ireland-based Elan Corp. plc, last year after being linked to a fatal brain infection, but gained a second approval in June in a limited capacity

Biogen's development pipeline for MS includes:

  • Rituxan (rituximab), a B-cell targeted therapy that is in Phase II. That product, partnered with South San Francisco-based Genentech Inc., is marketed for rheumatoid arthritis and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • Daclizumab is also in Phase II. Daclizumab, an antibody designed to bind to the IL-2 receptor on activated T cells. Daclizumab was one of three products Biogen licensed from Protein Design Labs Inc., of Fremont, Calif., in an August 2005 deal potentially worth up to $800 million
  • Oral CDP323, an oral alpha-4 integrin inhibitor discovered by UCB. A small-molecule prodrug antagonist of alpha-4 integrin, CDP323 has been tested in three Phase I trials in healthy volunteers. Data from those trials was reported last week at the 2006 European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) in Madrid, Spain.