Twitter Chat at Sea: #EndFistula Thursday, November 5, 2015, 1 pm ET An obstetric fistula occurs during an obstructed labor when emergency care is unavailable. Women suffering from obstructed labor often struggle until the baby dies. During this agonizing process loss of circulation causes tissue to die,
Read more →PQMD’s Executive Director Selected as 2015 Judith O’Connor Scholar BoardSource, the leading national provider of resources related to exceptional nonprofit boards, is proud to announce that Elizabeth Ashbourne, Executive Director has been selected as one of 15 national 2015 Judith O’Connor Scholars. The Judith O’Connor scholarships enable
Read more →BI’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report BI and BI Cares Foundation Launches an Online Corporate Social Responsibility Report BI launches its’ new online BSR Report with personal stories and videos showing how Boehringer Ingelheim and BI Cares Foundation partner with nonprofit organizations to serve patients and strengthen communities.
Read more →GSK Announces Malaria Candidate Vaccine GSK announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive scientific opinion for its malaria candidate vaccine MosquirixTM, also known as RTS,S, in children aged 6 weeks to 17
Read more →BMS Foundation Supports Washington AIDS Project Washington AIDS project uses home visits, pop-up clinics to get HIV patients back into care with Foundation support. If HIV-positive patients in the greater Washington, D.C., area cannot get to their treatment, the treatment will come to them. That’s the focus
Read more →Global Collaboration Enabled Vaccine to Move Forward Global Collaboration Enabled Vaccine to Move from First-in-Human Studies to Initial Phase 3 Results Within One Year Merck (known as MSD outside the US and Canada) said today that its investigational Ebola vaccine candidate, rVSV-ZEBOV, was found to have 100
Read more →GSK Receives International Disaster Relief Award GSK Receives International Disaster Relief Award For Ebola Response Business in the Community (BITC) awarded GSK the International Disaster Relief award at the annual Responsible Business Awards, held in London last night. The ceremony celebrated the powerful role business plays in
Read more →Baxter Sustainability Report Highlights Success in 2014 Baxter’s 2014 Sustainability Report, available at baxter.com/sustainability-report, highlights the significant progress towards 2015 goals, and recent actions taken by the company that align with its nine sustainability priorities, which include strengthening access to healthcare, creating an inclusive workplace and enhancing
Read more →PQMD Members Aid Nepal Earthquake Victims The membership of Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD), a global alliance leading the development and championing of high standards in medical supply and service donations, is committed to working in collaboration with other organizations whose focus is to ensure a
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