AMERICAN pharmaceutical company Biogen has reported another case of rare brain disease PML in a patient using the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri – which is co-owned by Dublin-based pharma, Elan.

THE makers of the multiple sclerosis treatment, Tysabri — Irish drug firm, Elan and its US counterpart, Biogen Idec — have reiterated confidence in global patient numbers for the product rising from 35,500 to 100,000 in the next two years, even in the light of another death occurring among users.

The rule of Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf was under threat today after opposition parties roundly defeated his allies in parliamentary elections.

Two of Pakistan’s most influential opposition leaders banded together today in an attack on President Pervez Musharraf’s regime, demanding he step down.

Wheels that “think” are being added to an electric Mini with blistering performance developed by British engineers.

ELAN is to make a fresh attempt to get its multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri back on the market.

Pharmaceutical company Elan has said a safety evaluation of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Crohn's disease drug Tysabri in MS patients resulted in no new confirmed cases of potentially fatal progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).

Conor Keane, Business Correspondent

SHOOT-OUTS between political rivals killed three people yesterday, marring the first general elections in Pakistan since a 1999 military coup led by President Pervez Musharraf ended democratic rule.

FIANNA FÁIL was last night accused of making a mockery of election spending rules after it was revealed the party bought billboard space worth almost 750,000 in the six months prior to the general election.