Biogen Idec's executive chairman to retire this month

William H. Rastetter, the executive chairman of Biogen Idec Inc. who built Idec Pharmaceuticals of San Diego into a major biotechnology firm and helped orchestrate its merger with Biogen Inc. of Cambridge, will retire at year's end, the company said. (Full article: 605 words)

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