pharmiweb.com today | 17 May 2012
BMS is $15M Diabetes Pledge for India and China
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today announced the expansion of its Together on Diabetes® initiative to India and China, pledging $15 million over five years to help these developing nations with rapidly growing numbers of type 2 diabetes patients. The International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) reports that more than 90 million people in China – 9.3 percent of the population – had type 2 diabetes in 2011, the most of any country. That figure is projected to grow to 129.7 million, or 12.1 percent of the population, by 2030....
India, which has 61.26 million people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (8.3 percent of the population), ranks second only to China in total cases and third behind the United States (10.9 percent) and China in terms of prevalence. By 2030, India will have 101.2 million people with type 2 diabetes, IDF projects.
“In keeping with a long legacy of addressing global health issues through innovative and sustainable philanthropic programs, Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation are pleased to expand our philanthropic work in type 2 diabetes to India and China, where the disease has become a significant public health concern,” said Lamberto Andreotti, chief executive officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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