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Manage your 401(k) plan, Restricted Stock Units and Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is a private, non-profit organization whose
primary purpose is to establish and improve generally accepted accounting principles within
the United States in the public's interest.

Financial Data Warehouse (FDW)

A robust infrastructure that allows for detailed analysis and reporting of corporate, strategic
business unit and project-based financial data. A database of information extracted from
Oracle, Hyperion planning and the data relationship management applications; data is
extracted from the various systems, balanced, scrubbed, and converted into a standardized,
readily accessible format; data is pushed from the financial data warehouse to the Hyperion
Cubes.

Financial Information Governance (FIG)

Document collected from all personnel listed on the 1572 which delineates if any money
has been paid to the investigators participating in a clinical trial so that any potential bias
may be assessed.

Financial Self-Service Reporting (FSSR)

Also known as OBIEE. Financial Self-Service Reporting dashboard. Web-based tool to view,
by cost center, Oracle actual transactions and Hyperion forecast / AOP balances.

First Patient In (FPI)

Date on which first patient is enrolled to a trial

Fixed Assets (FA)

Assets that are purchased for long-term use and are not likely to be converted quickly into
cash, such as land, buildings, and equipment.

Flexforce

A Biogen managed program that helps U.S. managers identify and engage Non-Employees.

Flexible Work Arrangement (FWA)

An arrangement requested by an employee and approved by a manager to alter how and
where an employee works, either by hours and/or location. It is a mutually beneficial