Biogen has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Biogen has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).

The Biogen Foundation will consider donating to religious organizations if they “are non-sectarian, fill a humanitarian need and/or benefit the broader community, do not require participation in prayer, worship or other religious activities, do not use the individual gift or resulting match for religious purposes and its primary focus of the sponsored program is provide benefit to the broader community not to promote a particular faith” (1).

Biogen does not protect employees from viewpoint (political affiliation) discrimination (1).

Biogen has signed open letters supporting the Equality Act and transgender participation in female sports (1)(2). The company requires all employees to take racial bias training. Biogen also signed an amicus brief in Fulton v. Philadelphia, opposing free religious expression (3). Biogen signed an open letter opposing a Florida bill that would prevent teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in schools to kids in K-3rd grade (4). Biogen signed onto an open letter opposing a North Carolina law that required people to use the bathroom of their biological sex (5). Biogen published a statement regarding its “Intersectional Pride” between the LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter movements (6).

Biogen uses its foundation primarily for STEM and health education. It does not donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1). Biogen does cover the travel costs for an employee to receive an abortion (2).

Biogen has historically donated in a bipartisan manner without ideological prejudices (1)(2).