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Sustainability
Patient 21
Access to healthcare in developed countries
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Difficulties with access to treatment also arise in developed countries among populations with inadequate healthcare coverage. In order to respond to these needs, sanofi-aventis has developed various partnerships with public groups and patient organizations to provide medicines free of charge or at reduced cost.
Programs to provide assistance to patients in the United States
In the United States, Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) work in partnership with various organizations to allow low-income individuals and their families to obtain reduced-cost or free medications. These PAPs have enabled over 130,000 U.S. patients to receive Group medicines. The following are examples of the programs in which sanofi-aventis participates: - PACT Plus™ is a Group program offering U.S. patients access to three medications for the treatment of skin, lung and prostate cancer as well as antiemetic drugs.
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) enables patients to use one entry point to gain access to over 475 public and private programs to obtain medicines, vaccines, etc. This program is run by PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association).
- The Together Rx Access program allows individuals with low incomes and no healthcare coverage to have access to over 300 medications at reduced cost.
Working with Samusocial in France and Russia
For six years, Samusocial in Paris and sanofi-aventis, in partnership with its employees, have supported the work of the mobile tuberculosis team. This emergency team was created by Samusocial to approach people living in extreme poverty in order to screen for, treat and cure tuberculosis. This support takes the form of drug donations as well as financial donations from the Group and employees at all French sites.
Last year, sanofi-aventis also supported the work of International Samusocial in Moscow.
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