Date: 2014-07-16
Type of information: Collaboration agreement
Compound: MS Visionaries™ program
Company: BiogenIdec (USA - MA) Yahoo Health (USA - CA)
Therapeutic area: Autoimmune diseases - Neurodegenerative diseases
Type agreement: collaboration
Action mechanism: MS Visionaries is a new program developed by Biogen Idec to raise awareness of the inspiring work being done in the area of MS by people in communities across the country. MS Visionaries are selected because they have recognized a challenge facing people with MS and have found a novel way to address the challenge. Beginning in July 2014, new profiles of MS Visionaries are being featured on the new Yahoo Health digital magazine every week.
Disease: mutliple sclerosis
Details: * On July 16, 2014, Biogen Idec announced a new program with Yahoo Health to raise awareness of innovative efforts to help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) across the country. The MS Visionaries™ program showcases self-starters who have developed programs, tools or services to benefit the MS community. Profiles of these individuals are now featured on Yahoo Health, a new digital magazine covering modern health and wellness topics. Yahoo Health will feature weekly stories of MS Visionaries over the next month. In addition, visitors can read inspiring stories of people living with relapsing forms of MS, who are sharing personal accounts of their experience from diagnosis to treatment on a Biogen Idec therapy. Beginning in July 2014, new profiles of MS Visionaries are being featured on the new Yahoo Health digital magazine every week.
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