Amgen Supported Initiatives
Amgen supports the work of patient advocacy groups and professional organizations that share a common goal of developing solutions to improve health outcomes and work toward patient empowerment and well-being. These are a few examples of the initiatives Amgen currently supports.
Cardiovascular Disease
American Heart Association (AHA): The AHA is leading a multi-year campaign, with Amgen as the national sponsor, to improve understanding, testing and treatment of LDL cholesterol, an important indicator of heart attack and stroke risk. The LDL-C Campaign educates patients, particularly those who have had a heart attack or stroke, about the importance of knowing their LDL-C level and encourage them to take action through active conversations with their healthcare team to set up an appropriate care plan. In addition, AHA's EmPOWERED to Serve™ Health Lessons, also supported by Amgen, are accelerating community-driven solutions for reducing cardiovascular risk disparities, including elevated LDL-C, in under-resourced communities and communities of color.
Black Heart Association: Guard Your Heart is a national campaign to combat cardiovascular disease disparities in underserved communities. This initiative will bring LDL ("bad") cholesterol and Lp(a) testing directly to communities through targeted advocacy, education and empowerment. The program focuses on not only bringing crucial health services to those often left out of the healthcare system, but also providing a culturally immersive experience that resonates with and fulfills the distinct needs of each community.
Family Heart Foundation: Getting on Appropriate Lipid Management (GOAL) campaign connects the dots between hereditary risks for heart disease—elevated Lp(a) and LDL-C levels—and cardiovascular disease, helping individuals at risk to get an accurate diagnosis and appropriate, timely management to lower their LDL-C and Lp(a) levels per guideline recommendations.
Asthma
Allergy & Asthma Network: Not One More Life Trusted Messengers is a community outreach and virtual asthma coaching program bringing quality healthcare into under-resourced communities that are disproportionately impacted by asthma.
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America: Health Equity Advancement and Leadership (HEAL) program addresses disparities in communities of color that bear the heaviest burden of asthma.
Psoriasis
Global Healthy Living Foundation: Psoriasis: An Inside Out Disease empowers patients to take an active role in their disease, including Black, Indigenous and People of Color in whom diagnosis and treatment are often delayed because many healthcare providers are not aware of differences in how psoriasis appears on people with darker skin tones. To help reach more patients and connect them to the Inside Out resources, HEROES (Health Education + Reliable Outreach + Empathetic Support) encourages hair professionals to deliver education about psoriasis to affected clients. This program is designed by, with, and for stylists, salons and barbershops, with input from patients and healthcare professionals.
National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF): In Focus: #ThisIsPsoriasis highlights the plaque psoriasis patient journey through storytelling. This program spotlights candid reflections from patients and educational tools to foster proactive treatment discussions with healthcare providers and help patients to understand the systemic nature of their disease regardless of severity.
IFPA (International Federation of Psoriasis Associations): UPLIFT Innovation Program fosters the development of actionable solutions to address the challenges faced by the psoriatic disease community and their healthcare providers. Organizations around the world are awarded grants for projects that promote open dialogue about a patient’s health and treatment goals.
Oncology
HEAL: The Health, Education, Advocacy and Learning (HEAL) Collaborative forms meaningful partnerships with faith-based organizations to help improve the health of Black communities. They leverage relevant health education resources to help Black communities learn about healthy lifestyles, wellness and disease prevention, navigate local healthcare systems, access the latest medical treatments and technologies, and learn about early detection, health screenings and clinical trial enrollment. HEAL's "Lung Cancer Education & Awareness Community Conversation" series allows for expansion into small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) that encompasses African Americans who are current smokers, former smokers and those diagnosed with SCLC.
GO2 for Lung Cancer: GO2's Centers of Excellence are recognized for providing best-in-class lung cancer care. The Centers of Excellence (COE) program fosters and promotes the highest-quality early detection and treatment standards in lung cancer across a national network of local community hospitals, clinics, and academic and VA medical centers.
Lazarex Cancer Foundation: Cancer Wellness HUB is a safe space that brings resources and services needed to overcome historical and cultural barriers to cancer care into communities, providing the greatest opportunity for a successful result.
LUNGevity Foundation: No One Missed encourages people with non-small cell lung cancer to follow a talk, test and treat approach to learn about and seek precision care based on cancer biomarkers. Navigating KRAS is the foundation’s online resource to help patients learn about the most common mutation that drives non-small cell lung cancer.
No One Left Alone Foundation: No One Left Alone is establishing a model for community oncology clinics to improve treatment disparities for non-small cell lung cancer by improving rates of biomarker tests that can provide key information patients and oncologists can use to guide treatment decisions.
Health Equity
StoryCorps: Every Patient Counts, Every Story Matters: Health Equity Series is putting a human face on healthcare challenges by illuminating the shared experiences of individuals either facing health disparities or working to change them.