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Bloom said she does not expect Biogen's failure with Hirulog to discourage other firms in the industry from putting money into research and development. Beta interferon, another of Biogen's new drugs, is a "very promising and encouraging" drug used to battle multiple sclerosis, Bloom said. The drug has passed all clinical testing and will be filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval in early 1995, she said...
...very positive about our beta interferon," Jim Vincent, Biogen chair and CEO, said yesterday. "We now expect to operate profitably in the fourth quarter...
...results confirmed that beta interferon has mild to moderate effects," Weiner said...
Weiner also acknowledged that the side effects from beta interferon are significantly tamer than those produced by betaseron...
Jacobs, who heads the neurology department at SUNY Buffalo, led the new study of beta interferon. Five institutions participated in the research, including the Ellen Multiple Sclerosis Center in Cleveland, the University of Oregon, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the University of Colorado...