On January 11, 2010, Biogen Idec, a global company focused on the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative therapies, and its partner Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Baron Baptiste, founder of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga, and Dr. Elliot Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program and Clinical Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, have teamed up to develop My MS Yoga, a new program created especially for people with multiple sclerosis.
My MS Yoga is an at-home exercise program that can be tailored to meet MS patients’ needs depending on how they are feeling on any given day. A free copy of the My MS Yoga DVD can be ordered from the My MS Yoga site.
Biogen Idec also announced recently Dr. John Richert will join the company from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, where he served as executive vice president for Research and Clinical Programs. Dr. Nancy Richert M.D., Ph.D., will also be joining Biogen Idec; most recently she served as a staff clinician at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and on the consulting staff at the Children's National Medical Center.
