Date: 2014-10-23
Type of information: Collaboration agreement
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Company: Covidien (Ireland) the American Lung Association (USA - IL)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology
Type agreement: collaboration
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Disease: lung cancer
Details: * On October 23, 2014, Covidien announced that the company is joining forces with the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE movement to raise awareness of the threat that lung cancer poses to women. As Education Sponsor of LUNG FORCE, the company is working to promote greater understanding of lung cancer. According to the American Lung Association’s inaugural Women’s Lung Health Barometer — a survey of more than 1,000 American women ages 18 and older that measures women’s awareness, knowledge and perceptions about lung cancer — only one percent of women cited lung cancer as a form of cancer that is top-of-mind for them. Covidien is a sponsor of the Women’s Lung Health Barometer.
Covidien will work to improve the understanding of lung cancer through educational initiatives that reach women and their families on the national and local level. Throughout the campaign, world-renowned thought leaders in lung health will be invited to attend LUNG FORCE Expos around the country to speak with patients, caregivers and health care providers about the latest diagnostic and treatment options available.
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