December 21st 2021,Mumbai , India: Taking its promise of care forward, AstraZeneca India Private Limited, a leading science-led biopharmaceutical company joined hands with ‘Make-A-Wish’ Foundation India to fulfil the wishes of about 500 children suffering from critical ailments across the country.
Under this partnership the organisation supported a series of 11 events organised either virtually or on-ground across Bangalore, Goa, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Baroda in an effort to reach out as many children between the age of 3 to 18 years as possible and leave them with joyous memories.
Commenting on this initiative, Dr. Anil Kukreja – V.P Medical Affairs & Regulatory, AstraZeneca India Said :
One of the happy parents concurred and Said :
The not for profit organisation Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Together with the help of donors, supporters, staff and volunteers, the foundation delivers hope and joy to children and their families when they need it the most.
Mr Deepak Bhatia, CEO Make-A-Wish Foundation India Said :
Applauding the gesture medical experts Said :
About AstraZeneca India Private Limited
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas – Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism and Respiratory.
As AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries, and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.
AstraZeneca India Pvt. Ltd. (AZIPL) is the Global Capability Centre for AstraZeneca with offices in Chennai and Bangalore.
Established in 2014, AZIPL today has 3100+ employees catering to services including IT services, Global Business Services (GBS) and R&D Oncology among others.
The centre plays a key role in technology innovation and transformation projects enabling and empowering AstraZeneca’s core business processes – right from Discovery, Development, Production, Launches to Supply all the way through the value chain.
About Make-A-Wish India
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India is a non-profit organization that has fulfilled 70,348 wishes in 25 years.
The Foundation is dedicate to granting the most cherished wish of children between ages 3 and 18, diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition, mostly cancer.
It is a registered trust under Bombay Public Trust Act.
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India is about to celebrate a very special occasion, its Silver Jubilee, in the year 2020 and aims to accomplish the goal to grant wish of the 75,000th child.