Patient organisations and grants

In keeping with our commitment to ensuring responsible business practices, Shire believes transparency in our funding decisions is vital to building and maintaining trust with our stakeholders. To learn more about the funding provided by Shire to charities, patients groups, and US-based independent medical education organizations, please select the charities and patient groups subheading link, or the independent education subheading link.

Support of Patient Organizations

Shire’s giving through grants and sponsorships to advocacy, health, and therapeutic-related organizations is lead by our business teams in consultation with our R&D and Medical Education units, ensuring that the investments we make to help patients and their families is aligned with Shire’s business objectives and is focused on driving innovation and needed support and resource services.         

Grants for Rare Genetic Disease

For all grant requests involving rare diseases, visit our dedicated Human Genetic Therapies business grants website here.

Grants for ADHD, GI & other disease areas of Shire’s portfolio

For all grant requests involving ADHD and gastrointestinal diseases, visit our dedicated Specialty Pharmaceuticals business grants website here.

Grants for Regenerative Medicines

For all grant requests involving Regenerative Medicines, please contact medical.grants@abh.com.

Patient group funding
Listed below are the documents showing patient groups that received support from Shire from 2006 through to 2009.

Better Bones Better Balance, Joint Working Agreement (93 Kb PDF)

2010 Patient group funding (63 Kb PDF)

2009 Patient group funding (76 Kb PDF)

2008 Patient group funding (22 Kb PDF)

2006 & 2007 Patient group support (8 Kb PDF)

 

Independent education
In the spirit of responsible business and transparency, following is a posting of independent medical education grant payments made and refunds received by Shire Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Shire Human Genetic Therapies (US only).

2012

Q1 2012 Educational Grant Transparency Report (68 Kb PDF)

 

2011

Q4 2011 Educational Grant Transparency Report (69 Kb PDF)

Q3 2011 Educational Grant Transparency Report (73 Kb PDF)

Q2 2011 Educational Grant Transparency Report (70 Kb PDF)

Q1 2011 Educational Grant Transparency Report (72 Kb PDF)

 

2010

Q4 2010 Educational Grant Transparency Report (78 Kb PDF)

Q3 2010 Educational Grant Transparency Report (84 Kb PDF)

Q2 2010 Educational Grant Transparency Report (90 Kb PDF)

Our Grant Programs

HGT grant requests

For all grant requests involving
rare diseases, visit our dedicated
grants website here
.

Specialty grant requests

For all grant requests involving
ADHD and gastrointestinal diseases,
visit our dedicated grants website here.

Patient Groups 1

Patient Groups 2

Patient Groups 3