Further bolstering the companies' hopes that the withdrawn multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri might one day become available again, Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. plc disclosed full two-year data from their Phase III monotherapy trial with the compound. (BioWorld Today)

As expected, Celgene Corp. finished its rolling new drug application for Revlimid, asking for the FDA's approval based on Phase II data with the compound for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in transfusion-dependent patients with a 5q-deletion chromosomal abnormality. (BioWorld Today)

Taking aim at relapsed ovarian cancer patients considered incurable, Madrid, Spain-based PharmaMar SA is starting a Phase III trial with Yondelis (trabectedin), a compound first isolated from marine tunicates. (BioWorld International)