]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/avonex Blog Articles Tagged with 'avonex' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/924908?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Many of our readers either already have or will in the future encounter the possibility of being treated with a biologic medication. This is because biologics have revolutionized the treatment of such chronic illnesses as rheumatoid arthritis, psori... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/924908?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:43:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/875158?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex For a company trying to sell itself, Biogen s shares sure have been sagging. Yesterday, they stood at $70.83 in 4 pm trading, a 14% drop from their price of $82.51 on Oct. 15, just after the company said it was on the block.Investors seem concerned... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/875158?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:14:56 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/874171?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Will cool heads or a bidding war emerge for Biogen Idec? With bids due next week, the Financial Times dealReporter says that Pfizer, Merck and Johnson & Johnson are likely to be among the frontrunners among Big Pharma eager to bulk up in biotech.... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/874171?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:14:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/872452?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Biogen Idec s been the biotech flavor of the month ever since it said it was for sale. Speculation has put Pfizer, hungry for new products and a bigger presence in biotech, at the top of the list to buy Biogen. But the company s stock has come of... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/872452?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:59 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/870196?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex As the reign of Pfizer CEO Hank McKinnell was entering its twilight almost two years ago, he fired off a short, internal email asking whether it was time to buy Biogen Idec, the Health Blog has learned. The answer to the query from McKinnell (picture... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/870196?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:25:13 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/854063?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Filed under: Drug, All CancersThe New York Times recently profiled pay-for-performance and risk-sharing pricing arrangements for high-cost drugs, including cancer drugs.For example, Johnson & Johnson has proposed that the NHS in Britain pay for the c... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/854063?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mri-links-and-other-cool-things/829547?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system. Today over 2,500,000 people around the world have MS.MS is the result of damage to myelin - a protective sheath surrounding nerve fibres of the central nervous ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mri-links-and-other-cool-things/829547?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/healthcare-nbic/829585?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Here's a follow-up to our popular post about transgenic pigs makingdrugs in their milk. Oxford Biomedica and Viragen, Inc. yesterday announced that they have produced two therapeutic proteins in the whites of transgenic chicken eggs. Publishing in th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/healthcare-nbic/829585?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:20:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/healthcare-nbic/844341?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Here's a follow-up to our popular post about transgenic pigs makingdrugs in their milk. Oxford Biomedica and Viragen, Inc. yesterday announced that they have produced two therapeutic proteins in the whites of transgenic chicken eggs. Publishing in th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/healthcare-nbic/844341?rsstype=tag&tag=avonex Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:20:16 -0500