News March 2, 2005

San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News, Tue, 01 Mar 2005 6:17 PM PST Industry reacts to Biogen Idec drug recall http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/sddt/20050302/lo_sddt/industryreactstobiogenidecdrugrecall Members of the local biotech community had mixed feelings Tuesday as to the potential fallout from Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp.'s withdrawal of their highly anticipated new multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri.

PR Web, Wed, 02 Mar 2005 0:10 AM PST Celebrex Benefits May Have Been More Hype, Not Enough Substance http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prwebxml213555.php No matter how impressive a new drug may appear, it can take years on the market and millions of patients before possible risks and side effects begin to surface. [PRWEB Mar 2, 2005]

The Deal, Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:13 AM PST Investors slam Biogen, Elan http://www.thedeal.com/temp/1107993095804.html Biogen Idec and Elan Corp. have voluntarily suspended their multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri only three months after its highly anticipated launch because of two occurrences — one fatal — of a rare brain disorder in patients using the new drug.

Independent Media TV, Wed, 02 Mar 2005 7:08 AM PST Welcome to www.independent-media.tv http://www.independent-media.tv/category.cfm?fcategory_id=1&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported&fdate_posted=%7bts%20'2005-02-15%2000:00:00'%7d Lynne Stewart and her attorney, Michael Tigar, join Democracy Now! in our firehouse studio for their first extended national broadcast interview following Thursday's jury decision to convict Stewart on all five counts of conspiring to aid terrorists and lying to the government.