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Shire recognized by FTSE4Good as Responsible Company

12 Apr 2013

Shire has been confirmed once again as a constituent company in the FTSE4Good Index Series which measures the performance of companies that meet glo...

Shire’s New Code of Ethics

28 Mar 2013

Doing Business with Integrity In the nine years since Shire last published a code of conduct, a few things have changed. For one thing, Shir...

Shire recognized by FTSE4Good as Responsible Company

12 Apr 2013

Shire has been confirmed once again as a constituent company in the FTSE4Good Index Series which measures the performance of companies that meet glo...

Shire’s New Code of Ethics

28 Mar 2013

Doing Business with Integrity In the nine years since Shire last published a code of conduct, a few things have changed. For one thing, Shir...

Shaping European Policy with Patients in Mind

19 Mar 2013

Shire recently joined the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). This means we can play a bigger role in shaping...

Leading the way in Washington

18 Mar 2013

People who work in biopharmaceuticals might think that the policy environment in which the company operates doesn’t change,” says Ted Bu...

Shire and AmeriCare

14 Mar 2013

Putting patients first around the world Shire’s expanding partnership with AmeriCares continues to provide underserved communities around ...

United for Diabetes

13 Mar 2013

Last November, eight million people  living in New York, Dallas, New   Orleans, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and  Cleveland woke up to a spec...

Joining the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD)

13 Mar 2013

PQMD is a unique alliance of non-profit humanitarian aid organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device/supply manufacturers comm...

Making a Lasting Commitment

12 Mar 2013

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia For 13,000 children in eleven separate neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia, the Boys & Girls Clu...

Geo-database: Finding Patients in Need

11 Mar 2013

Though significant unmet medical need for patients diagnosed with rare lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) such as Fabry, Gaucher and MPS II exis...

Guatemala Humanitarian Airlift

06 Mar 2013

Shire recently participated in a humanitarian airlift to Guatemala with AmeriCares, a non-profit humanitarian assistance aid organization, to s...

National Action Plan for ADHD

17 Feb 2013

Raising awareness in Spain One of the biggest challenges facing the families of patients with ADHD is often a general lack of awareness. Anothe...

It Seemed Impossible. It Wasn’t

17 Feb 2013

Bringing a Treatment to Four Generations of a Single Family in Rural Brazil It’s hard being diagnosed with a rare disease in a poor corner ...

Impact, Cost and Long Term Outcomes of ADHD in Europe

10 Feb 2013

Last November, Shire brought together at an expert roundtable in Brussels academics, patient organizations and other stakeholder groups in menta...

New Hope for Children With Devastating Skin Condition

07 Feb 2013

It begins with blisters—on the hands, the feet, the knees. In its severest form the blisters are present over the entire body, in the mouth...

Rare Disease Index Report

06 Feb 2013

A Detailed Picture of a Unique Set of Challenges After decades of investment and research, it’s encouraging to see the immense progress t...

Easier Together

01 Feb 2013

A Support Program for Hunter Syndrome Patients  For those living with Hunter syndrome, access to information and support can be a real ...

Shire Shared 41 Tons

09 Jan 2013

Throughout November, Shire Massachusetts joined together to help ease the serious issue of food insecurity and hunger among families in need. Resear...