OUR PURPOSE PIONEERING SCIENCE REPORTING 101 BIOGEN 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW PATIENTS OUR PEOPLE SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY 20 YEARS OF SERVING HUMANITY ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY Biogen Foundation: serving humanity for 20 Years As the philanthropic extension of Biogen, for 20 years, the Biogen Foundation has exemplified Biogen’s Caring Deeply ethos, applying Biogen’s pioneering spirit to serving vulnerable communities, working to inspire the next generation of diverse scientists and to increase health equity. In 2003, the Biogen Foundation distributed its first grants related to disaster relief, social services, and the employee giving campaign. Committed to STEM programming from the beginning, the Biogen Foundation also supported organizations like the Museum of Science in Boston; Teach for America; and the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina, to nurture a passion for science in young people. Since then, our work has evolved to directly address the social determinants of health and engage Biogen employees. More recently, the Biogen Foundation has developed major commitments to youth education with underrepresented populations in neurology and neuroscience with Massachusetts General Hospital and Duke University and through the STAR Initiative . To inspire our employees to give back, we created our Care Deeply Volunteering program in 2011, leading to more than 100,000 employee volunteer hours to improve our world and help others in need. The work of the Biogen Foundation illustrates the culture of caring deeply at Biogen. We have a longstanding history of championing and fostering equitable science education for students and teachers and are committed to supporting the most vulnerable in the communities where we live and work.” Kate Dawson Head of Therapeutics Development Unit and Chair of the Biogen Foundation SPOTLIGHT Technorama and the Biogen Foundation: Organizational bonds that strengthen science education In 2014, Technorama , a science center based in Zürich, Switzerland, was having trouble finding corporate supporters for its mission. With an introduction to the STEM-education focused Biogen Foundation, a multi-year collaboration was born. With the Biogen Foundation’s support, over the past eight years, Technorama has installed two biology labs, permitting thousands of children to see and experience science up close. In addition, the center has extended its hours of operation and has consequently increased its number of visitors. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for Technorama as it lost some of its funding from external sources. The Biogen Foundation’s support, however, did not waver and allowed the center to continue sharing science with the community. “We found a reliable partner in the Biogen Foundation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Thorsten D. Künnemann, the director at Technorama. “While other companies ended their support, the Biogen Foundation stayed with us.” One of the two biology labs at Technorama that Biogen Foundation funding helped to support. Photo used with permission from Technorama.