Abbott 2004 Global Citizenship Report - Abbott Laboratories

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Citizenship at AbbottTaking Action for PatientsThe American public has become increasingly concernedabout the rising cost of health care, the significant number ofpeople without medical insurance, and the plight of seniorcitizens who lack prescription drug coverage. There is acritical need to create new solutions to enable patients toaccess affordable medicines.In 2004, Abbott Chairman and CEO Miles White served aschairman of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturersof America (PhRMA), the pharmaceutical industry’s tradeassociation in the United States. It was an opportunity to leadthe industry in creating and executing a strategy to makemedicines more accessible and affordable for all Americans.This strategy entailed helping patients become informedconsumers about their medicines and making the prices ofmedicines more transparent; ensuring eligible Americansutilize all existing government and industry programs thatprovide either free or heavily discounted medicines; andreforming public policies that obstruct access to quality healthcare by supporting initiatives that address health coverage foruninsured citizens, including medical liability law reform andinternational pharmaceutical pricing. This effort has createdpartnerships between companies and a broad range ofstakeholders – from policy makers and medical organizationsto patients and community groups – and achievedsignificant results that are helping millions of Americanstoday, including the following:The Partnership for Prescription AssistanceThe Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) bringstogether America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors,nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers, patientadvocates and community leaders to help low-income,uninsured patients get free or nearly free brand-namemedicines. The program offers a single call centerand Web site for easy access to more than 275public and private patient assistance programs,including more than 150 programs offered bypharmaceutical companies. For information onthe PPA, visit www.pparx.org, or call the toll-freenumber 1-888-4PPA-NOW.The Partnership for PrescriptionAssistance program launchednationally in April 2005.9
Citizenship at AbbottAcross the industry in 2004, U.S.pharmaceutical companies’ patientassistance programs provided morethan 22 million free prescriptionsworth an estimated total of $4 billion,for patients in need.Medicare Discount CardWith the help of the industry and its partners, more than80 percent of eligible senior citizens signed up for this newcard – the fastest enrollment ever for this type ofgovernment program. Member companies mobilized their80,000 sales representatives, including 5,000 from Abbott,to deliver more than 30 million brochures to physiciansto help them enroll patients for the new Medicare benefits.We worked with many stakeholders, including the NationalAlliance for Hispanic Health, the National MedicalAssociation, state governors and labor groups to reachand enroll senior citizens.Clinical StudiesPhRMA issued its Principles on the Conduct of Clinical Trialsand Communication of Clinical Trial Results to express acommitment to provide useful and meaningful results ofclinical studies, whether those results are positive or negative.In 2004, a Web-based database, the Clinical Study ResultsDatabase (www.clinicalstudyresults.org), was created to helphealth care providers and patients choose the drugs thatmake the most sense for them. The site contains more than240 studies and is populated with all controlled clinical trialresults completed since October 2002 for all U.S.-marketedproducts. PhRMA member companies will also post newinformation about trials in progress on the U.S. government’sWeb site, www.clinicaltrials.gov.State InitiativesMember companies also worked with the NationalPharmaceutical Council to support creative coverage pilotprojects, such as Oregon’s “Health at Work” initiative, whichcombines existing elements of the health care system tohelp more people get insurance.Patient Assistance Web SitePhRMA’s Web site, www.helpingpatients.org, was enhancedto better serve patients with lower incomes who are notassisted by government programs. The new site streamlinesthe process doctors use to enroll their patients in companies’assistance programs.Peg Stevens, supervisor of the laboratory and technical staff at Abbott’s Phase I ClinicalPharmacology Research Unit at Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan, Illinois, UnitedStates, prepares to draw blood from study volunteer Steve Grujich.10
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Page 6 and 7: About AbbottAbbott is headquartered
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