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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 April 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Oral Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Heat Up Watch out Novartis and Gilenya.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Brian Orelli	Here Comes Another Oral MS Drug Good for Teva, bad for the rest.
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 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 November 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	There's Still Only One Merck KGaA's oral MS drug delay is Novartis' gain.
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 September 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Less Is More for Novartis That makes it simple enough.
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 May 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Blockbuster Drugs Aimed at Busting MS Multiple sclerosis is a large market with more entrants coming.
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The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Brian Orelli	Teva's Double-Edged Sword Nice quarter, but where will future growth come from?
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The Motley Fool February 10, 2010 Brian Orelli	Icahn's Smiling -- Should We Be? Biogen Idec's fourth quarter results must have made Carl Icahn smile. But the guidance for next year gives pause.
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The Motley Fool October 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Biogen Idec's Fight-Back Plan Novartis' Gilenya is coming, but Biogen has a backup plan.
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The Motley Fool July 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Ignore These Companies at Your Peril You may not want to invest in them, but don't ignore them.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2011 MedCity News	Biogen Idec's MS Drug Appears to Have an Edge Trial results give the company an advantage in oral MS treatments.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2008 Brian Orelli	Not Teva's Forte Teva Pharmaceutical's Copaxone for multiple sclerosis fails to show a benefit at double strength. Investors take note.
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The Motley Fool September 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	Don't Get Stuck! Invest in Needle-Free Drugs Here's how to make some money off society's general disdain for needles through next-generation drugs.
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The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Robert Steyer	Little Discord on Acorda Drug FDA advisory panel overwhelmingly backs a drug to improve the walking ability of multiple sclerosis patients.
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The Motley Fool October 7, 2009 Robert Steyer	Acorda's Upcoming Excitement Acorda is seeking FDA approval for a pill to improve the walking ability of multiple sclerosis patients.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Teva's Branded-Drug Binge For a company that's a generic-drug maker, Teva Pharmaceuticals sure does like its branded drugs. Despite the warts the company is ponying up $6.2 billion to buy Cephalon.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2010 Jordan DiPietro	A Huge Victory for Novartis MS oral drug is approved.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Brian Orelli	Deal Struck, Shares Stuck Acorda Therapeutics secured a decent upfront payment to license the ex-U.S. rights to its multiple sclerosis drug, Fampridine-SR, from the perfect partner. Unfortunately, investors still smacked the stock down nearly 15% yesterday.
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The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Is Not Your Generic Cash Production Teva's generating cash and knows how to use it.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2009 Robert Steyer	Will Teva Be Forced to Take Its Own Medicine? Teva's biggest source of revenue and profit, the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, is facing a patent challenge.
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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.
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The Motley Fool December 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Potentially Game-Changing MS Drug The newest data looks good, but longer studies will be the key for Novartis.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	When All Else Fails, Sue Your Competitors Biogen thinks its patent covers its competitors' drugs in addition to Avonex and has filed a lawsuit demanding royalties from its competitors.
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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.
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The Motley Fool August 10, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Jab a Month Is All We Ask Biogen and Abbott's new long-acting multiple sclerosis drug works, but it has side effects.
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