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Phase IIb/III drug for fatigue in MS patients licensed to Multicell, Inc.

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 5th, 2006

Amarin Corp. plc (AMRN) and Multicell Technologies, Inc., (MCET) announced that Amarin has licensed to Multicell exclusive, worldwide rights of LAX-202 for the treatment of fatigue in patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS).

Multicell will rename LAX- 202 to MCT-125, and will further evaluate MCT-125 in a pivotal phase IIb/III clinical trial which is expected to begin before the end of the 2006.

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the myelin sheath protecting neurons in the brain and spinal cord. About two million people worldwide are afflicted with MS, and an estimated 10,000 new MS cases are...

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