1.
Business
       Overview
Overview
Biogen Idec is a global biotechnology company that creates new
       standards of care in therapeutic areas with high unmet medical
       needs. We currently have four marketed products: AVONEX,
       RITUXAN, TYSABRI, and FUMADERM. Our marketed products are used
       for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), non-Hodgkin’s
       lymphoma (NHL), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Crohn’s disease,
       chronic lymphocytic leukemia and psoriasis.
Basis
       of Presentation
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited
       consolidated financial statements include all adjustments,
       consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair
       presentation of our financial statements for interim periods in
       accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
       United States (U.S. GAAP). The information included in this
       quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial
       statements and the accompanying notes included in our Annual
       Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2009 (2009 Form 10-K).
       Our accounting policies are described in the “Notes to
       Consolidated Financial Statements” in our 2009
Form 10-K
and updated, as necessary, in this
Form 10-Q.
The year-end consolidated balance sheet data presented for
       comparative purposes was derived from audited financial
       statements, but does not include all disclosures required by
       U.S. GAAP. The results of operations for the three months
       ended March 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the
       operating results for the full year or for any other subsequent
       interim period.
Consolidation
Our consolidated financial statements reflect our financial
       statements, those of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, certain
       variable interest entities in which we are the primary
       beneficiary and those of our joint ventures in Italy and
       Switzerland, Biogen Dompé SRL and Biogen Dompé
       Switzerland GmbH, respectively. For such consolidated entities
       in which we own less than a 100% interest, we record net income
       (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in our
       consolidated statements of income equal to the percentage of the
       economic or ownership interest retained in the collaborative
       arrangement or joint venture by the respective noncontrolling
       parties. All material intercompany balances and transactions
       have been eliminated in consolidation.
In determining whether we are the primary beneficiary, we
       consider a number of factors, including our ability to direct
       the activities that most significantly affect the entity’s
       economic success, our contractual rights and responsibilities
       under the arrangement and the significance of the arrangement to
       each party. These considerations impact the way we account for
       our existing collaborative and joint venture relationships and
       may result in the future consolidation of companies or entities
       with which we have collaborative or other arrangements.
Use of
       Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in
       accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make
       estimates and judgments that may affect the reported amounts of
       assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related
       disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going
       basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those
       related to revenue recognition and related allowances,
       marketable securities, derivatives and hedging activities,
       inventory, impairments of long-lived assets including intangible
       assets, impairments of goodwill, the consolidation of variable
       interest entities, income taxes including the valuation
       allowance for deferred t
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