* Biogen Idec a biotechnology company specializing in drugs for neurological disorders, autoimmune disorders and cancer.

Biogen Idec, Inc. is an American biotechnology company specializing in drugs for neurological disorders, autoimmune disorders and cancer.

Biogen Idec stock is a component of several stock indices such as the S & P 500, S & P 1500, and NASDAQ-100.

Biogen Idec also makes Rituxan ( rituximab ), a treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which is also approved for rheumatoid arthritis ; Rituxan is co-marketed with Genentech.

In December, 2007, Biogen Idec sold the U. S. rights for Zevalin ( ibritumomab tiuxetan ), another treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, to Cell Therapeutics, but continues to produce it for European marketing partner Bayer Schering Pharma.

Biogen Idec is headquartered in Weston, Massachusetts, and operates research and development facilities in Cambridge, MA.

Biogen Idec maintains its international headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, and operates an International regulatory & clinical center of excellence in Maidenhead, UK.

Biogen Idec has direct commercial affiliates in Germany, France, Spain / Portugal, UK / Ireland, the Benelux, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Austria, Canada, Japan, China, India and Australia.

In Italy and in Switzerland, Biogen Idec markets its products through two joint venture companies set up with the privately held Italian company Dompe Biotec.

, Biogen Idec derives most of its income from sales of multiple sclerosis treatment Avonex and from partnership royalties on Rituxan from Genentech, which markets Rituxan in the US.

Biogen Idec is managed day-to-day by an executive group composed of nine officers.

Investor Carl Icahn launched a proxy fight seeking to elect three of his own nominees to the Biogen Idec board at the company's June 19, 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.

On February 28, 2005, Biogen Idec and marketing partner Elan Pharmaceuticals voluntarily suspended marketing of natalizumab, and also suspended dosing in all ongoing clinical trials.

Biogen Idec stock lost more than 40 % of its value when the drug suspension news was released on February 28, 2005.

Instituted in 2008, the Biogen Idec Foundation is to improve the quality of peoples lives and contribute to the vitality of the communities in which they operate.

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Interferon beta-1a is sold under the trade names Avonex ( Biogen Idec ) and Rebif ( Merck Serono ); CinnoVex ( CinnaGen ) is biosimilar.

It is produced by the Biogen Idec biotechnology company, originally under competition protection in the US under the Orphan Drug Act.

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Previously named Antegren, natalizumab is a drug co-marketed by Biogen Idec and Élan as " Tysabri ".

The boxed warning for the drug rituximab ( Rituxan, co-marketed by Genentech BioOncology and Biogen Idec ) includes a statement that JC virus infection resulting in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, and death has been reported in patients treated with the drug.

The boxed warning for the drug natalizumab ( Tysabri, marketed by Elan and developed by Biogen Idec ) includes a statement that JC virus resulted in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy developing in three patients who received natalizumab in clinical trials.

Sharp co-founded Biogen ( now part of Biogen Idec ), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and Magen Biosciences, and serves on the boards of all three companies.

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He is a co-founder of the biotech start-up companies Biogen and Myriad Genetics, and was the first chairman on their respective boards of directors.

The company was formed in 2003 by the merger of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Biogen Inc. and San Diego, California-based IDEC Pharmaceuticals ( formed in 1986 by biotech pioneers Ivor Royston and Howard Birndorf ).

Biogen Idec's products include multiple sclerosis ( MS ) treatments Avonex ( interferon beta-1a ) and Tysabri ( natalizumab ); the latter is also approved for treatment of Crohn's disease, and is co-marketed with Élan.

Biogen Idec's principal competitors include Teva, Sanofi Aventis, Serono, Novartis, and Bayer Schering Pharma.

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Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of Idec Pharmaceuticals ( Chairman ), Athena Neurosciences ( Chairman ), Signal Pharmaceuticals, Arris Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacopeia, Ligand Pharmaceuticals ( Chairman ), Hybritech ( Chairman ), Genprobe, Nanogen, and others.

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