News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the healthcare services industry.
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06-09-11
/PRNewswire/ - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Heart to Heart International, a humanitarian medical aid nonprofit organization, announced a joint volunteer initiative to strengthen healthcare in Haiti. A team ...
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05-19-11
/PRNewswire/ - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the publication of its 2010 Sustainability Report. The report reaffirms the commitment of BD's 29,000 dedicated associates worldwide to pursu...
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05-17-11
Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, has published its fifth Corporate Responsibility Report, for the years 2009 and 2010. It is available at: www.merck.de/responsibility.
Firmly anchored in values, Corporate Responsibility is a basic princip...
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04-28-11
In recognition of his significant contributions to the field of health services research, Edward H. Wagner, MD, MPH, has been named the 2011 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The Prize, funded by The Baxter International Foundation and ma...
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04-04-11
ViiV Healthcare today announced that it will expand the Positive Action U.S. Southern Initiative to four additional states and issued a new request for letters of interest (LOIs). Established in 2010, the initiative focuses on linking people living with HIV into care and/or ...
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03-29-11
Baxter International Inc. and The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter, today announced their combined 2010 charitable giving of nearly $80 million, including support of math and science education. The company was also recently recognized by the U...
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03-21-11
/PRNewswire/ - In recognition of World TB Day, held each year on March 24, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) has launched an online campaign designed to increase access to improved diagnostics that are crucial in the ongoing fight against tuberculosis (TB).
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03-15-11
/PRNewswire/ - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it is donating $325,000 to assist in relief efforts for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. BD will distribute these funds among nonpr...
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02-14-11
Today, ViiV Healthcare's Positive Action programme and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance announced that their current partnership, the Vida Digna Project, will expand into five additional countries in Central America over the next three years. The project is part of an ong...
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01-24-11
/PRNewswire/ - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego today announced that they have implemented an innovative pilot program at the Hospital that is designed to safely divert a signi...