Sanofi promotes a project of accessible pharmacy which includes a handbook for establishments.

-Marc-Antoine Lucchini, President and CEO of Sanofi Spain and Portugal, and Alberto Durán, Executive Vice President of Fundación ONCE, signed Tuesday the agreement

– in employment, Sanofi will boost the promotion of the employment of people with disabilities in their workplaces

Madrid, January of 2013- the Sanofi pharmaceutical signed on Tuesday a cooperation agreement with thon eleven to help raise awareness and resolve problems faced to which persons with disabilities. In this sense, the agreement will serve to promote a project of accessible pharmacy.

This project includes the preparation of a handbook on accessible pharmacies, which will have as its main objective provide a useful tool to pharmaceutical establishments wishing to carry out the necessary measures to be made accessible to persons with disabilities, both from the point of view of accessibility to the physical environment, as the technological.

The agreement, signed by Marc-Antoine Lucchini, President and CEO of Sanofi Spain and Portugal, and Alberto Durán, Executive Vice President of Fundación ONCE, serve to unite efforts and for Sanofi, contribute to the integration of persons with disabilities, improving their health and their quality of life.

“There are many things that unite us to ONCE Foundation ”, noted Lucchini after the signature. have a meeting point key for our society: both are working to facilitate the accessibility of citizens to a maximum quality of life both personally and professionally.” This agreement will allow us to develop specific actions in this area”, he said.

For its part, Duran stressed of Sanofi bid for social responsibility and his interest in improving the health and quality of life of people. That concern for the health and quality of life of persons with disabilities is part of this Convention ”, explained.

from left to right: Marc-Antoine Lucchini, President and CEO of Sanofi Spain and Portugal, and Alberto Durán, Executive Vice President of Fundación ONCE.

As set forth in the document, Sanofi is also committed to promote the project of accessible medication for the development of templates that allow generation of accessible electronic prospectuses (easy-reading format) to the pharmaceutical industry.

Also, within the framework of the Sanofi solidarity project, through which own or proposed solidarity initiatives are channelled by its own employees, ONCE Foundation will launch proposals involving employees of Sanofi in the development of any project that has as its ultimate goal to promote inclusion of people with disabilities and their families.

Similarly, Sanofi will participate as a collaborating entity in the cooperation network of transnational RSE+D, led by Fundación ONCE and co-financed by the European Social Fund.

On the other hand, and through this collaboration agreement, ONCE Foundation will serve as a bridge and channel for the exchange of information and initiatives between ERDF and Fedace (main Spanish associations of rare diseases) and Sanofi, whose group the company is integrated Genzyme ”, specializing in innovative therapies in areas of medicine where you can offer a greater positive impact on life patients with very low prevalence illnesses.

Finally, in terms of employment, Sanofi will boost through their project mission Handicap, the promotion of the recruitment of persons with disabilities in its centers from work or from the procurement of goods and services through special employment of the Fundación ONCE companies centres.

SANOFI is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and distributes therapeutic solutions to improve the health and quality of life of the world’s population. Its headquarters is located in Paris and is present in 100 countries, spread over the five continents with more than 110,000 employees worldwide.

Sanofi has an important presence in Spain distributed between its headquarters in Madrid and Barcelona, its industrial centre in Riells i Viabrea (Girona) and a distribution center in Leganés (Madrid).

Fundación ONCE for cooperation and social inclusion of people with disabilities, constituted by agreement of the General Council of the eleven of dated January 28, 1988, aims priority the development of programs that promote the full and effective integration and social normalization of persons with disabilities through employmenttraining and universal accessibility.