Article: Serono Enlists Marketing Muscle' Of Pfizer In $200M Rebif Alliance.

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Serono SA is teaming up with Pfizer Inc. to co-promote the multiple sclerosis drug Rebif in the United States, which will position Rebif directly against Biogen Inc.'s powerhouse drug Avonex.

With the marketing agreement, Pfizer gave Serono a $200 million up-front fee. The companies said they would share all commercialization and development costs, and Pfizer will receive "commissions on sales," said Deborah Brown, executive vice president of neurology for Serono Inc., the Rockland, Mass.-based U.S. arm of Serono SA, of Geneva.

Brown said the companies aren't revealing additional financial details about the agreement.

"We ...

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