Biogen Inc

Swiss drugmaker Roche plans to price its oral spinal muscular atrophy drug (SMA) risdiplam aggressively to challenge two of the world's most expensive medicines, Biogen's Spinraza and Novartis's gene therapy Zolgensma.

Biogen Inc said on Friday it would discontinue the development of its experimental therapy for a rare brain disease after the treatment failed a mid-stage trial, the latest setback in attempts to develop a therapy for the disorder.

Biogen Inc said on Friday it would discontinue the development of its experimental therapy for a rare brain disease after it failed a mid-stage trial.

Biogen Inc on Thursday laid out more data on its experimental Alzheimer's drug that raised no major safety alarms but also offered little compelling evidence the drug, once declared a failure, actually works.

Biogen Inc on Thursday presented new data on its experimental Alzheimer's drug aducanumab that eased concerns raised by some experts but still left many questions unanswered as the company made its case about why it plans to seek U.S. approval after declaring the drug a...

Biogen Inc on Thursday presented new data from on its experimental Alzheimer's drug aducanumab showing that no patients in a high-risk group that were genetically predisposed to get Alzheimer's died while taking the high dose of the drug, which had been a key concern.

Novartis research head Jay Bradner said on Thursday the Swiss drugmaker is focusing efforts against spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) on gene therapy Zolgensma and retreating from oral therapy like its molecule LMI070, also called branaplam.

Biogen Inc, looking to win over skeptics and health regulators, later on Thursday will present highly anticipated data on its experimental Alzheimer's drug aducanumab, which the U.S. biotech company had declared a failure earlier this year.

Roche expects its risdiplam medicine for spinal muscular atrophy to get U.S. approval by next May, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday, as it takes on Novartis and Biogen in the lucrative rare disease area.

Roche's bid to rival Biogen and Novartis in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) got a lift on Monday when the Swiss drugmaker said its drug risdiplam improved motor function in a key study.

Roche's bid to rival Biogen and Novartis in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) got a lift on Monday when the Swiss drugmaker said its drug risdiplam improved motor function of patients in a key study.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Biogen Inc's new oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis, offering the drugmaker some relief as its core franchise faces patent challenges.

Biogen Inc and partner Alkermes Plc said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved their oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis.

Biogen Inc <BIIB.O> revived plans on Tuesday to seek U.S. approval for Alzheimer's treatment aducanumab, surprising investors and saying data from more patients in two discontinued studies showed the drug reduced the decline of patients.

Wall Street opened higher on Tuesday after a batch of upbeat earnings reports eased concerns over domestic growth and the fallout from the U.S.-China trade war, while a surge in Biogen boosted the healthcare sector.

Drugmaker Biogen Inc <BIIB.O> reported a 7.1% rise in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, boosted by higher demand for its rare muscle disease drug, Spinraza.

Drugmaker Biogen Inc said on Tuesday it was planning to file for U.S. regulatory approval for its Alzheimer's treatment aducanumab after fresh analysis of its clinical trial showed promise.

Biogen Inc and Eisai Co Ltd are abandoning two late-stage trials for their Alzheimer's treatment in a widely anticipated move that comes months after the companies scrapped trials of another drug for the memory-robbing disease.

Biogen Inc and partner Eisai Co Ltd said on Friday they would abandon two late-stage trials testing their experimental treatment, elenbecestat, for patients with early Alzheimer's disease.