Biogen (BIIB) Receives FDA Approval for TYSABRI High Titer Production

April 16, 2009 9:01 AM EDT

Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) today announced that the U.S. FDA has approved the company's high titer process for the production of its multiple sclerosis drug TYSABRI(R) (natalizumab). Biogen Idec received similar approval from the European Medicines Agency for the high titer process in December 2008. The new, higher-yield process will be used to manufacture TYSABRI at the company's plant in Research Triangle Park.


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