Tysabri drug gets UK backing

Irish drugmaker Elan and US partner Biogen Idec announced today that Britain's cost-effectiveness health watchdog had recommended…

Irish drugmaker Elan and US partner Biogen Idec announced today that Britain's cost-effectiveness health watchdog had recommended their Tysabri drug to treat a severe form of multiple sclerosis.

The firms said the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence had recommended Tysabri as a treatment for highly active relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.

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