Selkoe teamed up with venture capitalists in 1986 to found Athena Neurosciences, now part of Elan Corp. of Dublin, Ireland.

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Its lead one is an antibody developed with Elan Corp. that has been shown to destroy 80% of the amyloid in the brains of affected mice.

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Irish drugmaker Elan Corp.

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The SEC said in its complaint that Sidney Gillman, a doctor who moonlighted as a medical consultant, tipped CR Intrinsic portfolio manager Mathew Martoma with safety data and eventually negative results in the trial of the drug made by drug firms Elan Corp. and Wyeth two weeks before they were made public in 2008.

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