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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 21, 2011 Brian Orelli	Trouble in Tysabri Land? Patient additions for a drug from Biogen Idec and Elan are slowing down.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Brian Orelli	Biogen and Elan's Growing Problem More cases of potentially lethal PML.
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 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 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 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 October 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	For Tysabri, 23 Is 10 Too Many The side effect rate is important.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Blockbuster Drugs Aimed at Busting MS Multiple sclerosis is a large market with more entrants coming.
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 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 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 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.
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 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 April 17, 2009 Brian Orelli	When Revenue Trumps Earnings Biogen grows earnings, but what does that say about the future?
The Motley Fool April 12, 2011 Brian Orelli	How Significant Is 'Statistically Significant' for Biogen? Biogen could have a third multiple sclerosis blockbuster on its hands.
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 March 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Strike Three for Tysabri A third confirmed case of PML all but eliminates Tysabri's potential as a blockbuster drug. For Elan and Biogen investors, the news continues to sting.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Oral Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Heat Up Watch out Novartis and Gilenya.
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 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 December 19, 2011 Brian Orelli	Elan Turns It Around in 2011 Let's hope next year is as productive.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Teva Tugs at Both Ends of the MS String Teva tries to get multiple sclerosis patients to switch to its drug.
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 April 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Elan's Strategic Uncertainty Elan has nothing new to report yet on the strategic review that Citigroup is preparing for them.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Blockbuster in Due Time Novartis' new multiple sclerosis drug, Gilenya, isn't king yet.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	3 Cheers for an FDA Rejection German drugmaker Merck said that the Food and Drug Administration had turned down its multiple sclerosis drug cladribine. The pill would have competed with Novartis' Gilenya, which gained FDA approval last year.
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 February 6, 2009 Brian Orelli	Icahn vs. Biogen: Round 2 On the heels of an announcement that he'll try to get seats on Amylin Pharmaceuticals' board, Icahn is also angling for seats on Biogen Idec's board.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 Karl Thiel	Better Times at Biogen IDEC Is now the time to buy this pharmaceutical?
The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Brian Orelli	Great Drugs Not Living Up to Their Potential How well a drug works is not the most important thing to consider when investing. Drugs that work don't always become blockbusters.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Branded? Generic? They're Both Doing Great! Teva Pharmaceuticals registers strong growth on both fronts.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Injecting Uncertainty Into the Multiple Sclerosis Market Novartis' oral MS drug could be a blockbuster -- if it can get past the FDA.
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 September 21, 2006 Brian Lawler	Another Partner for Biogen The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness. After the market closed yesterday, Biogen added another collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to its long list of partners. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Less Is More for Novartis That makes it simple enough.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Elan Holds Its Ground Elan clearly isn't throwing in the towel on Tysabri, but its fate is not solely in the company's hands. If you're pinning your hopes on a full return on this drug, you might be signing on for more risk than you really want.
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Catherine Arnst	On The Hot Seat At Biogen How Biogen CEO Jim Mullen managed a drug crisis after alarming news broke that the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri may cause a deadly brain infection.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2011 Brian Orelli	When Zombies Attack, Investors Win Novartis is hoping that Prexige has as much success coming back from the dead as Tysabri has.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Brian Orelli	Here Comes Another Oral MS Drug Good for Teva, bad for the rest.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2009 Brian Orelli	Preparing for a Home Run Some good news and bad news for companies selling drugs to treat multiple sclerosis, after Novartis announces Extavia has been approved by the FDA.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	Dueling Fools: Elan Bear Rebuttal With so many risks and unknowns embedded in Tysabri, investors should not be convinced Elan can provide a miracle.
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 October 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	DEFINE First, CONFIRM Second, See Shares Rise 60% Third Biogen CONFIRMs it has a new blockbuster drug and shares jump.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	A Tysabri Heart Attack Biogen and Elan announce new warnings for multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri.
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 February 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Teva Raises the Barr Generic drugs are likely to be a major solution that governments use to tackle the problem of rising health-care costs, and the new, larger Teva looks well-poised to grab that growth as it happens.
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 November 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	There's Still Only One Merck KGaA's oral MS drug delay is Novartis' gain.