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Biogen Idec Joins Genentech, Roche on Anti-CD20 Antibody

Nov. 3, 2008

Biogen Idec Inc. said it will pay a $31.5 million up-front fee to join Genentech Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. in the development of a humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, GA101. (BioWorld Today)

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