Patient Access

At Viatris, our mission is to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life. We’re better able to achieve this when we work with valued partners who share that mission.

We support organizations around the country to build awareness, expand access, and effect change that empowers people to live healthier at every stage of life.

Viatris Joins with Beyond Type 1 and Diabetes Community to Support Getinsulin.org

Viatris is proud to support Beyond Type 1 in the recent launch of GetInsulin.org, a tool connecting people with diabetes in the United States to the insulin access and affordability options that match their unique circumstances.

We join with the diabetes community in advocating for policies and systemic healthcare changes to address the insulin affordability crisis, but until we achive those solutions, GetInsulin.org is an important tool for people who need help affording their insulin today.

GetInsulin.org or a program of Beyond Type 1 and other supporting partners including the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES), the Endocrine Society, Feeding America, JDRF, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA).

Learn more about Viatris’ commitment to bringing expanded access to the diabetes community with our recent launch of insulin solutions to the U.S. market.

The Costs of Cancer

Viatris proudly supported the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS-CAN) recent Cost of Cancer report focusing on the financial burden of cancer treatment borne by cancer patients and survivors.

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Decrease in cost to treat breast cancer with use of biosimilar

The report examines various patient scenarios to illustrate factors contributing to patients’ out-of-pocket costs, such as cancer type, access to treatment options, and insurance coverage. Additionally, the report presents public-policy recommendations for making cancer treatments more affordable for patients, survivors, and the healthcare system as a whole. For example, ACS-CAN encourages policymakers to explore ways to incentivize the use of biosimilars through reducing or eliminating cost sharing for patients.

Biosimilars and Women’s Health

Viatris partnered with Healthy Women to convene a Biosimilars & Women’s Health Science & Policy Forum where women’s health advocates, policymakers, clinicians, and government agency representatives discussed the biosimilar landscape in the U.S., including challenges and opportunities for biosimilars to expand treatment options for women. The Forum report summarized key takeaways – mainly that biosimilars offer potential to increase access to affordable lifesaving drugs and cost savings to the healthcare system, yet barriers must be addressed to fully achieve these opportunities.

Young Survival Coalition

Viatris is proud to be a leading sponsor of the annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game, which brings together female Members of Congress to compete against women of the Washington, D.C. press corps in support of young adults living with cancer. Since 2009, the CWSG has raised over $2.1 million to benefit the Young Survival Coalition, which offers resources, tools, and support for young adults with breast cancer.

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Families helped through the program

Cystic Fibrosis Patient Assistance

Being a good partner means stepping up in a time of need. When COVID-19 became our country’s sudden reality in 2020, Viatris responded, supporting COVID-relief programs for patient communities across therapeutic areas.

For the Cystic Fibrosis community, one already susceptible to infection, COVID-19 brought on a multitude of challenges as patients and CF families struggled to address financial, physical, and mental health needs compounded by the pandemic. Increased prevention and safety measures forced many CF patients and family members to isolate or stop working. Viatris joined with leading CF patient organization, Boomer Esiason Foundation, to support the COVID-19 Cystic Fibrosis Emergency Patient Relief Program to provide help needed for CF patients and families struggling with living expenses due to the impact of the pandemic. So far, the program has helped 116 families in need.

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Viatris offers quality treatment options across more than 10 major therapeutic areas covering a wide variety of noncommunicable and infectious diseases.

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