Patient Organisations
We recognise the important role that patient organisations can play in providing support and disseminating information to
both patients and their care-givers.
Merck KGaA and its global division, Merck Serono, provide financial and in-kind donations, grants and sponsorships to encourage
various patient organisations in continuing their work. By addressing the lack of resources in patient organisations, we
do not seek to impose or control the information they communicate.
At Merck Serono, we are actively committed to bringing therapeutic innovations to patients, and as our values form an integral
part of our activities, Merck and its division, Merck Serono, publish below the contributions presented to patient organizations
in the UK during 2008.
We will update this list regularly.
| Patient Organization | Currency & Amount | Financial Contribution | Purpose | Description |
| Bowel Cancer UK | GBP 30000 | Re-printing of Patient Campaigning Pack Production Costs | ||
| Fertility UK | GBP 1000 | Directly to organisation | Awareness Programmes & Events | Fertility UK Study Day |
| Mouth Cancer Foundation | GBP 3000 | Grants | Sponsored walk in Hyde Park | |
| The Psoriasis Association | GBP 2500 | Psoriasis Patients and Professionals in Partnership Support for Design and Print of Patient Booklet |
| Patient Organization | Currency & Amount | Financial Contribution | Purpose | Description |
| UK / Ireland | ||||
| Beating Bowel Cancer | GBP 9000 | Directly to organisation | Projects | Project 1: "Be Loud" Radio Campaign. To raise awareness of Bowel Cancer through conducting interviews with Colorectal Cancer Specialists on National and Local Radio Stations.Project 2: "Ethical Dilemmas" Campaign to build on the surbey conducted in 2007 that showed that Oncologists do nto always informa their patients of treatments available that are not NICE recommended. |
| Bowel Cancer UK | GBP 30000 | Re-printing of Patient Campaigning Pack Production Costs | ||
| Global Lung Cancer Coalition | GBP 30000 | Directly to organisation | Grants | Sponsoring grant for 2009 |
| Infertility Network UK | GBP 12000 | Directly to organisation | Projects | Gold Corporate Partnership. The Corporate Memebership Scheme enables Infertility Network UK and a Corporate Partner (Merck Serono) to make an active and visable commitments to the development of high quality patient support and care for those experiencing fertility Problems. |
| International Brain Tumour Alliance | GBP 4000 | Directly to organisation | Grants | Sponsorship for the 2009 activities of IBTA |
| Lupus Europe | GBP 22300 | Directly to organisation | Awareness Programs & Events | The funding will serve to-Develop the Organisation-Attend workshops-Gain advice on fundraising-Increase visibility (web, conferences etc...) |
| Mouth Cancer Foundation | GBP 3000 | Grants | Sponsored walk in Hyde Park | |
| Mouth Cancer Foundation | GBP 1600 | Directly to organisation | Speaker Fees | |
| The British Lung Foundation | GBP 5000 | Directly to organisation | Membership Fees | Membership Fee to become part of the UKLCC |
