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The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Brian Lawler	Serono Under Attack The pharma lacks a strong pipeline, and competition is heating up. This is a stock to avoid unless there are some great acquisitions or a big decline in the share price.
Chemistry World February 8, 2013 Andrew Turley	Biogen buys Tysabri from Elan for $3.25bn US biotech Biogen Idec is to pay $3.25 billion to Irish drugmaker Elan for full rights to Tysabri (natalizumab) injections for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Brian Lawler	Marking Time at Serono Things still look good for investors in this soon-to-be-acquired Swiss pharma.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Brian Lawler	Sayonara, Serono The tiny, struggling drugmaker succumbs to a surprise buyout by German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	All Tysabri, All the Time Biogen needs to focus on its most potential-packed drug.
The Motley Fool September 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Billion-Dollar Lovers' Quarrel Continues Elan had better bring candy and flowers to patch this up.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Tysabri Updates: All You Have to Do Is Ask Biogen Idec is willing to hook medical doctors up with an automatic monthly update of the number of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy cases for people taking it and Elan's multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	For Tysabri, 23 Is 10 Too Many The side effect rate is important.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	Blockbuster in Hand, It's Time to Show a Profit Elan predicts an operating profit for the first time in nine years.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2010 Brian Orelli	Tysabri: It's a Blockbuster! Yawn. So What? Is it really a big deal that Tysabri finally achieved blockbuster status?
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Tom Taulli	The VIP Ticket to a Buyout Deal Private equity firms are allowing shareholders to take part in mega-buyouts. Despite the advantages, investors need to realize that equity stubs are fairly rare for public shareholders.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Brian Orelli	Not What the Doctor Ordered Biogen reports a third case of a deadly brain disorder since their multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri made its return.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2004 Bill Mann	The Hollinger Hypocrite You want to know what some executives really think of shareholders? Ousted Hollinger chairman Conrad Black calls his shareholders "a bunch of self-righteous hypocrites and ingrates who give us no credit."
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Brian Orelli	Trouble in Tysabri Land? Patient additions for a drug from Biogen Idec and Elan are slowing down.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Brian Lawler	Where Is Elan Going? Drugmaker Elan announces first-quarter financial results. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 Karl Thiel	Better Times at Biogen IDEC Is now the time to buy this pharmaceutical?
The Motley Fool August 7, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Billion-Dollar Lovers' Quarrel It looks like the triangle between partners Elan and Biogen Idec and third-wheel Johnson & Johnson over the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri is going to get settled in court.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 Charly Travers	A Blockbuster Drug Gains Approval Biogen IDEC and Elan announced that Tysabri had been approved by the FDA for the treatment of muliple sclerosis (MS). Tysabri has long been regarded as a drug that will generate a whopping level of sales.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 Brian Lawler	Biogen's Big Step Forward Pharmaceutical company Biogen IDEC boasts better results and a rosier outlook.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2011 Brian Orelli	Elan Turns It Around in 2011 Let's hope next year is as productive.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2008 Brian Lawler	FDA Changes Course for Elan and Biogen Idec The agency takes a different tack with one of the partnership's top drugs.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Here We Go Again With Tysabri The number of patients on Biogen Idec's and Elan's multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri, that have gotten progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy since the drug was reintroduced to the market has reached double digits.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Another Day, Another Rumored Suitor The rumors surrounding Elan's strategic review and its suitors just keep getting weirder.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2007 Billy Fisher	Elan Elevates Its Game New drug prospects push the Dublin-based biotech's shares to a new 52-week high.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Brian Lawler	Questions Surround a Biogen Deal Rumors swirl around Biogen after it publicly announces that it's for sale. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Biogen Has Growth in all the Wrong Places Biogen Idec saw substantial growth in the third quarter, but apparently it's coming from all the wrong places.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Elan's Crash Diet Looks Good Elan needed a makeover, and the new, thinner company is looking better already.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Brian Orelli	What's $115 Million Between Friends? Elan has to fix the mess it had gotten itself into with its multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Brian Lawler	No Picking at Biogen At a time in which all of its top drugs experienced at least double-digit percentage sales growth, there aren't many issues to poke at with Biogen Idec's just-released second-quarter financial results.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Biogen Idec's Fight-Back Plan Novartis' Gilenya is coming, but Biogen has a backup plan.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Clock Is Ticking for Elan Elan is getting closer to the Sept. 26 deadline to fix its contract with Johnson & Johnson. If it doesn't, Biogen Idec has the right to take full control of Elan's and Biogen's multiple-sclerosis drug, Tysabri.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	When You've Got It, You've Got It Biogen keeps its good-news streak going.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Tysabri Tries Again Will the FDA finally approve Elan's multiple sclerosis drug? Investors' fingers are crossed.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Charly Travers	After the Crash, Is Biogen IDEC a Buy? Biogen stock plunge may be an overreaction to pulling multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri off the market.
Chemistry World February 27, 2013 Andrew Turley	Talk of a $6.6bn deal for Elan Irish drug maker Elan has been surprised by a potential $6.6 billion offer being mooted by investment firm Royalty Pharma.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Deeper Dive Into Biogen's Revenue Growth On the surface, it looks like Biogen Idec is handling the entrance of Novartis' new oral multiple sclerosis drug, Gilenya, quite well. The real picture is a little bleaker.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2008 Brian Lawler	More Tysabri on the Way Biogen and Elan receive an additional approval for Tysabri. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	Dueling Fools: Elan Bear How do you bring an Elan bear out of hibernation? Combine a crushing debt load, a huge cloud of uncertainty over its lead developmental drug program, and the launch of a new product that won't bring in enough revenue to sustain the current valuation, et voila! A bear is born.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	R&D Your Way to Higher Sales Biogen is trying to lower side effects to increase sales.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Brian Orelli	Elan Needs a Face-Lift Elan is in need of a serious makeover. The company has been beaten down severely, but there's still plenty of beauty in this pharma.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	Biogen Looks Good Now, but What About Tomorrow? Biogen Idec saw revenue increase 11% and adjusted earnings per share jump almost 75%, which is all well and good, but the longer-term prospects for the company aren't nearly as impressive.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2007 Brian Lawler	Biogen Can't Find a Buyer After formally putting itself up for sale two months ago, Biogen Idec announces that it can't find any takers.
The Motley Fool October 1, 2009 Anders Bylund	Why I'm Invested in Tysabri and Elan This Motley Fool analyst has investigated Elan both as an investor and a patient. What's his verdict on the company?
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Brian Lawler	Elan Becomes a Bad News Buy Shares of Elan are now undervalued, thanks to a big price drop following bad new about their multiple sclerosis drug.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Brian Lawler	Tysabri, Elan, and a Prayer Investors seem impressed with Irish drugmaker Elan's third-quarter results; sales of their multiple sclerosis drug are picking up, but can they grow into the stock's valuation?
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Brian Orelli	Biogen and Elan's Growing Problem More cases of potentially lethal PML.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2009 Brian Orelli	Tysabri Is Back! News about Biogen Idec and Elan's multiple sclerosis drug revenues, as well as those of Pfizer and Teva.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Bill Mann	Tysabri: As Bad as AIDS? A report on the Elan/Biogen drug gets blown out of proportion on the eve of an FDA review. To say that a lot rides on the outcome of this meeting for Elan shareholders is an understatement.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2011 Brian Orelli	Tysabri Means Everything to Biogen and Elan ... for Now It's rare to find a drug that affects two companies as much as Tysabri does Biogen Idec and Elan.