Article: As Antegren Makes Fast Tracks, Elan Bolsters Pain Drug NDA.

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In a move that could markedly quicken the approval pace for its snail-based synthetic pain drug, Prialt, Elan Corp. plc added encouraging Phase III data to the new drug application and expects a review time of about six months.

The news came one day after Dublin, Ireland-based Elan disclosed that its other late-stage product candidate, Antegren (natalizumab), for multiple sclerosis, won fast-track designation from the FDA. Antegren, co-developed with Biogen Idec Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., also targets Crohn's disease.

Elan's stock (NYSE:ELN) closed Tuesday at $24.38, down 2 cents, having jumped 43 cents on Monday's Antegren ...

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