News, features and events
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Shire Holiday Projects 13 Dec 2012 During the Christmas and holiday season, Shire employees are proud to extend our everyday focus of helping people lead better lives by partnering wit... |
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Shire collaborates with Sedex in Continuing Drive to Ensure Responsible Suppliers 28 Nov 2012 Eight years ago, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, a non-profit organization otherwise known as Sedex, was created on behalf of a deep desire to d... |
| Shire Holiday Projects 13 Dec 2012 During the Christmas and holiday season, Shire employees are proud to extend our everyday focus of helping people lead better lives by partnering wit... |
| Shire collaborates with Sedex in Continuing Drive to Ensure Responsible Suppliers 28 Nov 2012 Eight years ago, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, a non-profit organization otherwise known as Sedex, was created on behalf of a deep desire to d... |
| Shire’s Big GIVE 22 Nov 2012 Helping over 5,000 children in need! Shire employees from our Chesterbrook site came together to lead The 5 th Annual Shire Big GIVE , a reg... |
| Shire recognised for Responsibility 23 Oct 2012 Shire has been recognized again by the FTSE4Good Index Series that measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognized standards for ... |
| Learning the ABCs 15 Oct 2012 We pride ourselves on doing business with integrity and ensuring that everything we do is ethical and legal at all times. Patients, caregivers, p... |
| Environmental honors 01 Sep 2012 Two new LEED Certifications in Massachusetts On the heels of being tapped by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as recipient of the MassRecycles... |
| Shire supports employee development 01 Sep 2012 Consider moving over rather than up In 2003, Chris Lewis arrived at Shire with an international business background, deep finance experience an... |
| Care Leavers program 01 Sep 2012 Experiencing the world of work In the summer of 2011, Shire CEO Angus Russell convened a group of business leaders in London to explore how bus... |
| Fabry Family Weekend 01 Sep 2012 Making memories to last a lifetime Sometimes the best medicine for a family whose child has been given a difficult diagnosis, is simply being i... |
| Educational scholarships 01 Sep 2012 Priming patients for success Now in their second year, Shire is proud to sponsor two scholarship programs supporting student patients in the US... |
| Riding high in the Tour de Cure 01 Sep 2012 “When you ride in Tour de Cure, you join the ranks of some of the most passionate people in the US—people who care about cycling, heal... |
| ADHD: Shared Focus 01 Sep 2012 Christy Richards may be the newest member of the ADHD Patient Advocacy team, but she’s already got plenty of stories to tell about the impac... |
| Hunter in focus 01 Sep 2012 A Positive Exposure ™ project Founded in 1997 by Rick Guidotti, a former fashion photographer, Positive Exposure supports and promotes h... |
| Hereditary Angioedema 01 Sep 2012 A patient perspective People living with the rare disease Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) experience painful, unpredictable and potentially life-th... |
| Demystifying the Gaucher story for young patients 01 Sep 2012 There’s no getting around it: diagnosis can be terrifying. This is especially true if you are a child. It’s even more true if the dis... |
| Constipation Conversations 01 Sep 2012 Too many people with chronic constipation suffer in silence. They’re embarrassed, perhaps, or past doctors haven’t listened. They&rsqu... |
| Shire and AmeriCares 01 Sep 2012 Putting patients first around the world Shire’s expanding partnership with AmeriCares continues to provide underserved communities around... |
| Connecting with our Suppliers 01 Sep 2012 In September 2011 we held our fifth Supplier Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was hosted by our Global Procurement Services... |
| Humanitarian Assistance in undeserves communities 01 Sep 2012 There is a particularly acute unmet need for Gaucher treatments in the developing world, and a growing demand for humanitarian support. To help... |
| Year up and Shire 01 Sep 2012 A shared vision for closing the opportunity gap for low-income youth in Boston Our commitment to helping vulnerable youth extends around the... |
| The Right Chemistry 01 Sep 2012 Supporting and encouraging the next generation of scientists that will lead the research and discovery of new ways to prevent, treat and cure disea... |
| Building green, building capacity 01 Sep 2012 Our new Lexington campus Shire’s new campus in Lexington, Massachusetts, touts lots of green power and exemplifies our commitment to s... |
| Learning the ABCs 01 Sep 2012 We pride ourselves on doing business with integrity and ensuring that everything we do is ethical and legal at all times. Patients, caregivers... |
| Seeing is believing 01 Sep 2012 CEO Angus Russell, with Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidijh In June 2011, our CEO Angus Russell convened a group of business leaders ... |
| Holistic support for patients seeking higher education 01 Sep 2012 Some of our 2011 ADHD scholarship recipients For many of our patients, the medical treatment of their condition is only one facet of the ... |
| Inventive education 01 Sep 2012 Virtual patients Hunter syndrome Virtual Patient video series Raising awareness of Hunter syndrome is a challenge we consider a fundamen... |
| ADHD 01 Sep 2012 A more accurate portrayal Brady, living with ADHD (and his mother Jamie) People living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD... |
| Heal2gether 01 Sep 2012 Lisa, who lived with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) until she achieved complete recovery with the help of Heal2gether Shire’s Regenerative... |
| Helping Europeans access innovative medicines 01 Sep 2012 We believe that patients with rare conditions should not be deprived of access to treatment because their condition is rare. However, because acc... |
| ProAmatine® 01 Sep 2012 Doing the right thing Helping people lead better lives is the core purpose of Shire’s business. The story of midodrine HCI—a medic... |
| Year up and Shire 19 Jun 2012 A shared vision for closing the opportunity gap for low-income youth in Boston Our commitment to helping vulnerable youth extends around the Shi... |
| Holistic Support for patients seeking higher education 15 Jun 2012 Some of our 2011 ADHD scholarship recipients For many of our patients, the medical treatment of their condition is only one facet of the many... |
| Building green, building capacity 06 Jun 2012 Our new Lexington campus Shire’s new campus in Lexington, Massachusetts, touts lots of green power and exemplifies our commitment to sust... |
| Heal2gether 25 May 2012 Lisa, who lived with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) until she achieved complete recovery with the help of Heal2gether Shire’s Regenerative Me... |
| Inventive Education - Virtual Patients 22 May 2012 Hunter syndrome Virtual Patient video series Raising awareness of Hunter syndrome is a challenge we consider a fundamental responsibility. By r... |
| Take your child to work day 18 May 2012 Take Your Child to Work Day is a nationally celebrated event in the United States and, each April at Shire, it provides employee’s children wi... |
| ADHD: A More Accurate Portrayal 07 May 2012 Brady, living with ADH D (and his mother Jamie) People living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) face many obstacles, not le... |
| Helping Europeans access innovative medicines 26 Apr 2012 We believe that patients with rare conditions should not be deprived of access to treatment because their condition is rare. However, because acc... |
| ProAmatine® 18 Apr 2012 Doing the right thing Helping people lead better lives is the core purpose of Shire’s business. The story of midodrine HCI—a medici... |
| Humanitarian Assistance in undeserved communities 13 Apr 2012 There is a particularly acute unmet need for Gaucher treatments in the developing world, and a growing demand for humanitarian support. To help... |
| Shire sponsors the Lifetime Achievement award at the Health Writing Awards 2012 04 Apr 2012 Chris McLaughlin receives Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Shire, from Julia Kirby, Just Health PR On Thursday, March 29, the Guild o... |
| Supporting World Rare Disease Day 2012 21 Feb 2012 On February 29, Shire will join the world in celebrating Rare Disease Day 2012. Rare Disease Day is an annual, world-wide initiative that seeks to ... |
