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Elan completes demerger of Prothena

Friday, December 21, 2012 02:40 PM

Dublin-based Elan has completed the separation of a substantial portion of its drug discovery business (the Prothena Business) into a new independent, publicly traded company, Prothena. Incorporated in Ireland, Prothena commenced trading on the NASDAQ Global Market as of Dec. 21.

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Elan announces spin-off of discovery science with Neotope Biosciences

Monday, August 13, 2012 11:50 AM

The board of directors of Elan, an Irish neuroscience-focused biotech, has approved the spin-off of discovery science with the separation of Neotope Biosciences from Elan.

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North Shore-LIJ Health System joins Cleveland Clinic’s Innovation Alliance

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 06:11 AM

North Shore-LIJ Health System, the second-largest nonprofit in the U.S. secular healthcare system, has joined Cleveland Clinic’s Innovation Alliance program to enhance the discovery, development, deployment and commercialization of new technologies.

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Intellect Neurosciences to appeal in European patent proceedings

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 03:30 PM

Intellect Neurosciences, a biopharmaceutical company focused on disease-modifying therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease, submitted a statement setting out its grounds for appealing the European Patent Office's (EPO) preliminary decision to revoke the company's Antisenilin (bapineuzumab) patents.

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Cleveland BioLabs announces management reorganization

Friday, February 10, 2012 11:39 AM

Cleveland BioLabs, a drug discovery and development company, has made a number of changes in corporate management responsibilities.

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FDA approves label change for Tysabri

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:48 AM

The FDA has approved a product label change for Biogen Idec/Elan’s Tysabri that will help enable individual benefit-risk assessment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

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University of Cambridge, Elan launch research center

Monday, November 28, 2011 03:21 PM

The University of Cambridge and Elan have launched The Cambridge-Elan Centre for Research Innovation and Drug Discovery (Cambridge-Elan Centre), which will be located at the University of Cambridge, England. The Cambridge-Elan Centre will provide an interdisciplinary environment uniquely positioned for delivering translational research focused on innovative therapies for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. This ten-year agreement paves the way for a long-term collaboration between Elan and the University of Cambridge.

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Resverlogix begins dosing in phase IIb ASSURE trial

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 11:43 AM

Resverlogix has initiated dosing in ASSURE, a phase IIb clinical trial led by the Cleveland Clinic. ASSURE is a 26-week, multi-center, double-blind, randomized, parallel group, placebo-controlled clinical trial that will assess coronary atherosclerotic plaque changes in response to Resverlogix's lead drug RVX-208 using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).  ASSURE will examine the early effects of RVX-208 induced ApoA-I production on atherosclerotic plaque regression in the setting of patients with coronary artery disease who have a low level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).  A total of 310 patients are expected to participate in ASSURE of which 77 will receive placebo and 233 will be given 100 mg twice daily of RVX-208.

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Merck opens R&D facility in Ireland

Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:27 AM

More good news for the Irish pharmaceutical industry has come with the official opening of Merck's new 100 million euro R&D facility at Ballydine, Co Tipperary, according to PharmaTimes.

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FDA approves first gene-targeted drug for Melanoma

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:05 PM

The FDA has approved Zelboraf, known as vemurafenib or PLX4032 during testing, well ahead of the approval deadline.  Zelboraf is the first drug to treat advanced melanoma by targeting a specific gene mutation.

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