We support patient organisations with their socially important role in providing information and mental support, arranging rehabilitation and bringing patients and their families together with peers to share experience and advice. Annual summaries of our patient organisation collaboration in Europe are publicly available on our website. These reports show details of the various forms of support such as sponsorship for covering costs of educational events or production of information material about a disease, for example. The decisions concerning support to patient organisations are made by our pharmaceutical marketing organisations within their budget limits.
Orion adheres to EFPIA’s Codes of Practice governing collaboration with patient organisations and transparency in the relationships between Orion and patient organisations. Orion’s ethical guidelines specify the particular practices concerning collaboration with patient organisations. These guidelines align with those of EFPIA. For transparency in these relationships, Orion publishes an annual summary of its collaboration with patient organisations on its website.
Orion's collaboration with patient organisations, a Group-wide specification
Orion publishes an annual Group-wide summary of the forms of collaboration with patient organisations, as of 2010. The information is specified by country and is provided in PDF documents via the links listed below.