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World Diabetes Day: Get the Facts
Today, November 14, is World Diabetes Day and advocacy organizations around the world are focused on raising awareness for prevention and treatment options. How prevalent is diabetes? According to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, there are more than 25 million children and adults in the U.S. with diabetes, which includes more than 18 million people who have been diagnosed and an estimated seven million people who have not yet been diagnosed. Nearly 80 million Read More >
It’s World Polio Day – Time to Make History
Oct. 24 is World Polio Day, an opportunity to share a message of extreme importance: The global community must step up now with the resources needed to eradicate this crippling childhood disease once and for all. In all of history, smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated. It’s time to make global health history a second time by wiping out polio. And that can only happen by reaching every child in every corner Read More >
Pharma & Biotech Companies Donate Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to Copayment Foundations. Here’s Why.
In addition to using their own Patient Assistance Programs, many pharma and biotech companies are supporting independent 501(c)3 non-profit copayment foundations to increase treatment compliance, access to care for insured Americans (including Medicare patients), and to promote proper disease management. Copayment foundations have helped hundreds of thousands of insured Americans afford their coverage and their treatments. The HealthWell Foundation, one of the nation’s largest non-profits, recently issued a white paper on copayment assistance as a Read More >
Creating a Preparedness Plan: A Good Investment
No one thinks that their company may be affected by a flood, earthquake or other disaster, but with 43 natural disasters in 2011 (Emergency Events Database search on 2011 US based disasters. http://www.emdat.be/advanced-search. Accessed September 15, 2012.) directly affecting millions in the United States, and projections for more for the next few years, more and more small businesses are being seriously impacted. While many small biotech company owners think disruptions won’t happen to their business, Read More >
Childhood Cancer Groups Join Forces to Train Childhood Cancer Leaders
Cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease for children in the United States today. Each year, about 13,500 children are diagnosed with cancer—more than a schoolroom of children every day. September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the U.S., and our organizations are drawing attention to these devastating diseases by training advocates to take action to change the future for children with cancer. While the five-year survival rates of some childhood cancers have improved, Read More >
