Briana Anderson - Cornell University

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Pharmco Pharmaceuticals – Social
Responsibility Statement
“The Pharmco Foundation has committed $3 million over three years,
beginning in 2003, to support a highly targeted domestic Breast Cancer grant
making initiative called the Pharmco Breast Cancer Research Initiative.
The initiative will support culturally appropriate prevention programs such as
breast exam techniques, targeting multi-cultural communities in the United
States as well as other countries, in addition to providing funding to breast
cancer research entities.
The initiative is designed to help lower the following breast cancer statistics:
• Every 3 minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast
cancer. In 2003, approximately 212,600 new cases of invasive breast
cancer will be diagnosed. Nearly 40,000 women will die from this
disease.
• Breast cancer is the leading cancer among white and African American
women.
• Breast cancer incidence in women has increased from one in 20 in 1960
to one in eight today.
-- Sandra Jones, Human Resources
Manager, Pharmco Pharmaceuticals.