Editing Biogen (section)

=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
{{See also|COVID-19 pandemic}}
On March 5, 2020, Biogen reported that three individuals who met with their employees at a conference in [[Boston]] had tested positive for [[COVID-19]] the previous week.<ref>{{Cite web|title=3 Who Attended Biogen Meeting in Boston Test Positive for Coronavirus|url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/3-who-attended-biogen-meeting-in-boston-test-positive-for-coronavirus/2086462/|access-date=2020-03-09|website=NBC Boston|date=5 March 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> On March 6, public health officials reported five new cases associated with the Biogen leadership meeting<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus Cases Linked to Biogen Boston Meeting: What We Know|url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/what-we-know-about-the-coronavirus-cases-linked-to-biogens-boston-meeting/2086974/|access-date=2020-03-09|website=NBC Boston|date=6 March 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-06|title=Workers who attended Boston Biogen meeting test positive for coronavirus|url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/workers-who-attended-boston-biogen-meeting-test-positive-for-coronavirus/31252079|access-date=2020-03-09|website=WCVB|language=en}}</ref> and by March 9, Massachusetts health officials had announced 30 new presumptive COVID-19 cases, all connected to the Biogen conference.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Live updates: Multiple Mass. schools closed Monday after 15 new presumptive positive COVID-19 cases reported|url=https://www.boston25news.com/more/blog-latest-coronavirus-cases-news-massachusetts/XZXJA7P3J5ENZFXLRG2YUFWTSI/|access-date=2020-03-09|website=WFXT|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-06|title=Top Biogen execs were at meeting where attendees had Covid-19|url=https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/06/biogen-workers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-transmission-linked-to-leadership-meeting/|access-date=2020-03-09|website=STAT|language=en-US}}</ref> Researchers first estimated that the conference would be linked to over 20,000 of the state's [[COVID-19|coronavirus]] cases.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-25|title=Biogen Conference May Be Tied To 20,000 Massachusetts Coronavirus Cases|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/08/25/biogen-conference-boston-massachusetts-coronavirus-20000-covid-19/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=CBS Boston|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Researchers later estimated that up to 300,000 cases worldwide had been caused by the Biogen conference, including 1.6% of all U.S. cases of the coronavirus.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Genetic 'Fingerprints' Suggest Superspreader Biogen Conference Seeded 40% Of Boston Coronavirus Cases|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/08/25/genetic-fingerprints-biogen-superspreader-boston|access-date=2021-09-27|website=www.wbur.org|date=25 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>