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Grants and donations

Providing funding

We are committed to giving back to the community in a responsible and appropriate way to promote disease awareness, improve patient care and health outcomes and help address the societal burden associated with brain disease.

At Lundbeck, we are dedicated to restoring brain health, so every person can be their best. We understand that our corporate social responsibility extends beyond the medicines we make. Providing Grants and Donations is one way of giving back to our communities and helping people living with brain disease to access healthcare information. Lundbeck receives numerous requests each year for funding and unfortunately, we are not able to provide support to all of them. Each funding request is reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

 

All requests for Grants and Donations are reviewed by an internal Committee. Funding of Grant and Donation requests is provided without an expectation of any benefit in return (excluding corporate recognition in connection with a Grant or Donation, such as placement of our logo at an event or honorable mentions or thank you announcements).

 

Funding requests must align with our therapeutic area(s) of focus of brain disease:

  • neurological and psychiatric disorders within Lundbeck’s therapeutic areas of focus
  • rare brain diseases for which there are few, if any, management options

Funding is never provided as an inducement for prescribing, supplying, recommending buying, selling, accessing, reimbursement or favouring Lundbeck’s products. We expect that recipient organizations will be transparent and clearly acknowledge our funding.

Categories of funding considered:

  • Grants:
  • Medical or scientific grants
  • Journal Clubs and Rounds
  • Donations to charitable organizations
  • Sponsorships of Healthcare Professionals to attend International Congresses

Lundbeck does not provide Grants or Donations for:

  • organizations whose interests do not align with our therapeutic areas of focus
  • events or activities that have already occurred
  • requests associated with a disease/use that is not aligned with Lundbeck’s therapeutic areas
  • requests that are not compliant with applicable laws, the Innovative Medicines Canada Code of Ethical Practices and our internal policies 
  • individual stakeholders, or to an entity that is controlled by an individual stakeholder or its family member, legal representative or agent
  • commercial activities
  • organizations that discriminate based on age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs
  • religious organizations

Lundbeck accepts applications for Grants and Donations on a continuous basis, however, requests should be submitted a minimum of sixty (60) calendar days in advance of a planned activity, or the request may be declined due to time constraints. If approved, Lundbeck will prepare a written agreement that must be signed by both parties, before the Grant or Donation can be provided.

Appropriate requests

Please refer to the chart below to ensure that your request meets the criteria for a Grant or Donation.

Donation

    

  • Organization must be a registered charity or not-for-profit.
  • Request may be provided in response to an unsolicited request or may be offered by Lundbeck.
  • Donation may be a provision of funding or in-kind contribution. 
  • Primary use of funds is to support healthcare in general, local communities, or other charitable and philantrhopic activities.
  • Lundbeck does not control or influence the support provided or acquire a tangible benefit.
  • Corporate recognition (i.e. display of Lundbeck logo on a website, on program material) is not considered a tangible benefit.
  • Request does not provide a promotional opportunity.
  • May not be provided to private medical practices/clinics/academic societies/professional associations/organizations for routine operational costs.

Grant

(including Journal Clubs/Rounds)

  • May be provided to groups or associations of stakeholders to organize bona-fide medical or healthcare activities.
  • Request must be unsolicited.
  • Medical Grants will be provided as funding.
  • Primary use of funds is for medical research, public policy research, continuing professional education and training, or to support any project that will enhance patient outcomes or related to patient or community education or community projects that promote better healthcare.
  • Lundbeck does not control or influence or participate in the design or conduct of the activity or acquire a tangible benefit.
  • Corporate recognition (i.e. display of Lundbeck logo on a website, on program material) is not considered a tangible benefit.
  • Request does not provide a promotional opportunity.
  • May not be provided to private medical practices / clinics / academic societies / professional associations / organizations / hospitals for routine operational, capital, lease or salary expenses.

Sponsorship of HCP to attend international congresses

  • There must be a legitimate educational purpose (need) fulfilled in sponsoring the HCP Stakeholder.
  • The primary purpose of the int’l conference must be scientific, medical and/or educational in nature.
  • The venue must be appropriate.
  • International conference must be approved by academic societies, or professional associations or organizations (Int’l sponsorships).
  • The event must take place outside of Canada.
  • The event must attract participants from many countries.
  • Payment of personal incidental expenses or any costs associated with accompanying family members are not eligible for reimbursement.
  • The requestor is required to share with Canadian HCPs the benefit of knowledge gained through one of:
  • Through a written report to a specialty society/academic institution; or
  • A verbal presentation to Health Care Professionals.
  • The Share back must include a disclaimer by the presenter acknowledging the financial support provided to attend the international event.
  • Lundbeck reserves the right to decide which congresses will be eligible for funding HCPs attendance and may provide financial support for a maximum of ten (10) individuals to any one international event.
  • Lundbeck may only provide financial support to the same HCP once per year.
  • Lundbeck may provide only a partial financial support to any request.
  • Financial support must be reflective of fair market value and be paid after the event upon proof of attendance and original receipts.

Donations

Lundbeck will consider requests from eligible recipients for appropriate purposes and give priority to innovative, high-quality projects and activities that:

  • help people better manage their brain disease (e.g. through local community projects)
  • create awareness on topics within psychiatry and neurology 
  • do not compete with or substitute government funded projects or activities

Donations may be provided to medically related not-for-profit organizations and registered charities involved in conducting activities such as, charitable, community, educational, humanitarian, health and philanthropic endeavours.

 

Please provide the information requested in the application form and submit your application to Lundbeck.

Grants

Grants provide funding to support independent bona-fide scientific, medical or healthcare related activities (undertaken for educational, informational or research purposes), where we do not control, influence or participate in the design or conduct of the activity or acquire a tangible benefit.


Grants may be provided to groups or associations of stakeholders to organize medical research, public policy research, continuing professional education and training, or to support any project that will enhance patient outcomes or relates to patient or community education or community projects that promote better healthcare.


Grants will not be provided to private medical practices, clinics, academic societies, professional associations, hospitals or organizations for routine operational, capital, lease or salary expenses.


Please provide the information requested in the application form and submit your application to Lundbeck.

Journal Clubs and Rounds

All support provided to Journal Clubs and Rounds are provided in the form of a Grant.  Please review the Grant guidance above prior to submitting a funding request for a Journal Club or Round.


Journal Clubs and Rounds are activities during which Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) exchange information on related scientific and clinical issues. These activities take place in a variety of formats including lectures, debates, panel discussions or simulations to achieve particular learning objectives and are non-promotional in nature.


The recipient organization may use the Grant to pay for expenses including speaker honoraria, meals and refreshments, or travel and accommodation in relation to a Journal Club or Round, however, these expenses may not be paid separately from the funding provided through the Grant.


Lundbeck will only sponsor Journal Clubs and Rounds that take place in an appropriate setting conducive to learning, such as a hospital, a clinic or an academic institution.

 

Please follow the Grant guidance above for submission details.

Sponsorships of HCPs to international congresses

Sponsorships of HCPs to international congresses are unsolicited requests from individual HCPs for financial assistance to participate in an international congress/conference on the condition that the attending HCP shares the benefit of the knowledge gained with other Canadian HCPs via a report or presentation upon their return to Canada. 

 

The purpose of these Sponsorships is to support Canadian HCPs knowledge on the latest developments in health research, science, and clinical practice at an international level to improve healthcare for Canadian patients. 

 

Please note that the request must be unsolicited and include the following details:

  • Detailed breakdown of the funding requested
  • The conference to be attended and agenda
  • Whether the requestor will receive support from more than one source
  • The specifics of the educational program(s) to be delivered by the requestor on their return to Canada.

General

Lundbeck reserves the right to decline a request for any reason.

 

Lundbeck funding or in-kind donations must never interfere with the independence of the requesting organization.

 

All notifications about the status of funding requests will be sent via email.

 

In the event that a funded activity is cancelled through no fault of Lundbeck, or if the funds provided by Lundbeck are not used for the identified activity, the recipient will notify Lundbeck in writing of such cancellation and the recipient will return all funds not used to Lundbeck within sixty (60) days of the date of cancellation.

 

If you have any questions, please contact us at canadagrantsdonations@lundbeck.com.