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2、Cambridge,MA annual reportW manufacturingto develop and the capacity .Jack Giese,Associate DirectorManufacturing NIMO,Oceanside,CA annual reportBiogen Idec was born of a partnership.The idea of partnership is central to our company:partnership with patients and caregivers,partnership among employees
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4、erapy with RITUXAN,AVONEX,AMEVIVE and ZEVALIN differently.A patients own experience may be different than the ones highlighted in this document.annual reportBen BakerinkCancer survivor and employeeRITUXAN in Combination with Chemotherapy :In April 1999,information technology specialist Ben Bakerink
5、went to see his doctor about a hernia.Instead,he received thediagnosis of low-grade non-Hodgkins lymphoma.At the time,Ben says,few treatment options were available.RITUXAN(rituximab)had recently been approved to treat relapsed or refractory,low-grade or follicular,CD20-positive non-Hodgkins B-cell l
6、ymphoma.Bensoncologist who had participated in clinical trials with RITUXAN suggested treatment with the newly approved therapy in combina-tion with CHOP,a chemotherapy regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide,doxorubicin,vincristine and prednisone.The chemotherapyleft Ben tired and weak.But by the en