Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Giving Report

2012 Giving Report
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation

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Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation (BI Cares) is on
a mission to improve lives around the world. We do this
by focusing on providing medicines to those in need—
wherever they may be—and by supporting innovative
programs that help ensure the health of individuals
and communities in this and future generations.

2012 Giving Report : Introduction Page 01


Table of Contents
Medicine. . ......... ........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 3
AmeriCares: Mitigating the Toll of Tornadoes........................................................ 04
MAP International: Delivering Packages for Life.................................................... 04
Patient Assistance Program: Words of Health and Hope.......................................... 05
Direct Relief International: Helping Heal Communities........................................... 05
Access to Medicines: Providing More Health to Families and Communities.................. 06

Community Programs............................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 7
AmeriCares Free Clinics: The One-in-a-Million Patient.. .......................................... 08
Norma Pfriem Breast Care Center: Helping Hope Bloom.. ........................................ 08
Helping in Emergencies: Friends for Man’s Best Friend. . .......................................... 08
Community Partnership: The Crew That Renews.. .................................................. 09
Prevent Rx Drug Abuse Program: Keeping Medicines Out of the Wrong Hands.. ............. 09
Employee Engagement: Accelerating the Search for a Cure...................................... 09
Furthering STEM Education: Catalysts for Future Excellence..................................... 09
Produced by disaster-relief
partner MAP International, Travel
Time and Skills. ........................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Packs are a part of Boehringer
Ingelheim Cares Foundation's
Volunteer Profile: The Music of Giving................................................................ 11 Product Donation Program.
Volunteer Profile: Living For That A-Ha! Moment................................................... 11
Strengthening Our Communities: Day of Action Engages BI Employees. . ..................... 11
9/11 Day of Service: Nurturing STEM Careers....................................................... 12
9/11 Day of Service: Jumpstarting, or Restarting, Careers........................................ 12
Supporting Hospice Services: Caring as Art—Literally and Figuratively......................... 12

Social Enterprise...................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ashoka Youth Ventures: How Fab Is This?. . .......................................................... 14
reSET Social Enterprise: A Service for Those Who’ve Served for Us............................. 14
Ashoka: Virtual Hang-outs for Social Innovators and Entrepreneurs........................... 15

2012 Giving Report : Table of Contents Page 02


Medicine
Improving patient access to quality
health care at home and around the world

$1,125,000,000
The amount the Boehringer Ingelheim
Cares Foundation has donated
in medicines over its eleven year
history through its Patient Assistance
and Product Donation Programs.

As a company, our mission is to research, develop, and
manufacture innovative medicines to improve lives.
As a citizen of our country and the world, our mission
is to help make these medicines available to people in
need. Boehringer Ingelheim, through such BI Cares
initiatives as the Patient Assistant Program and Product
Donation Program, does exactly that by donating essential
medicines and services to underserved patients and
communities around the world.

2012 Giving Report : Medicine Page 03


Americares

Mitigating the Toll of Tornadoes
The frequency and destructive power of tornadoes in the American Midwest and Southeast
only seem to increase in frequency and destructive power each year. When major tornadoes
touch down, our nonprofit disaster relief partner, AmeriCares, gets busy assessing the
damage and providing relief. Through them, BI Cares donates essential medicines to
affected patients.

The same holds true when other natural disasters strike, such as hurricanes, floods and
wildfires. In the face of trauma and great loss, AmeriCares and BI Cares together make a
vital impact on the lives of individuals, families and communities.

The partners provide medicines to patients with unmet medical need outside of disaster
relief as well.

Map International

Delivering Packages for Life
They’re called Travel Packs: two 1.5-cubic-feet boxes, weighing a combined total of 50-60
pounds and containing medical products designed to reach medical mission teams in areas
where a single aspirin can be an out-of-reach luxury. Produced by disaster-relief partner
MAP International, the Travel Packs are a part of Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation’s
Product Donation Program. But as one real-life journey demonstrates, the Travel Packs
represent so much more than a box filled with “supplies.”

As part of a mission trip to the village of Awomberew in the African nation of Ghana, BI
employee Heidi was in charge of making sure that the MAP International Travel Pack got to
its destination. “When we opened the Travel Pack to set up for the clinic, we looked at the
doses of oral rehydration salts and thought that they wouldn’t be used,” recalled Heidi.

Photos Courtesy of MAP International
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“One morning, however, the very
first patient was an elderly woman
who had been carried there on her
Number of Number of not-young daughter’s back. The
treatments made countries that have woman was lethargic, too weak to sit
possible by each benefited from the
Travel Pack Travel Packs up and had a blood pressure of 65
over 35 mmHg with a temperature
of 101°F. Everyone thought she would die that day. We treated her with the salts, carried her
to a cot so she could rest, and within hours she was able to walk home. She walked back the
next day for a follow up, with a blood pressure of 120 over 82 mmHg.”

Heidi, who works in the Ridgefield BI office, has been to Awomberew three times since
2006. Why does she make such a long, arduous trip? “It changes you. Over time, you
move beyond the poverty and build relationships. And it makes you question what is truly
important in your own life,” she explains.



Patient Assistance Program

Words of Health and Hope
“I can't thank you enough for helping me out again this year...Without your
generosity, I would have a difficult time paying for my medication. Thank you!”
The BI Cares Foundation Patient Assistance Program provides select pharmaceutical
products free of charge to eligible U.S. patients, including senior citizens and families on
limited incomes.

“Thank you, thank you so much. You folks are lifesavers. I really appreciate
your charity, your kindness, your consideration. Without your gift, I’d be lost.
Thank you.”
Unsolicited letters with comments like these tell us that our Patient Assistance Program is
helping us achieve our mission of providing more health to more patients in need.

“Your Foundation is a wonderful benefit to qualified persons like me. I wish
to sincerely THANK YOU for your assistance. My gratitude is beyond words.”
In 2011, more than 63,000 eligible patients received our medicine through the program.

“Since I was disabled due to my health problems, I have not been able to
afford my meds, and again, I appreciate what you have done.”
BI Cares is committed to strengthening this important program. After all, we want to keep
getting letters like this:

“Just had to say 'Thank You' and 'God Bless.' I can breathe so much
better with my meds! You all just don't know how much it means. Someone
does care.”

Direct Relief International
Helping Heal Communities
In some underdeveloped countries, women who experience prolonged childbirth may
sustain injuries to their birth canal and nervous system that lead to lifelong ambulatory
problems and urinary incontinence. This condition is known as Fistula. Due to the
associated stigma and misperceptions about the condition, these women are often
ostracized from their communities.

The Fistula Foundation, with support from Direct Relief International and the United Nations
Family Planning Agency (UNFPA), delivers surgical services and counseling programs to help
injured women recover from the trauma of obstetric fistula and be integrated back into their
communities.

BI Cares is there, too, through its donations of medicines to surgical centers in Kenya and
Somalia. The result: better care for women and stronger families and communities.



Access to Medicines

Providing More Health to
Families and Communities
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation has donated $1.125 billion in medicines over its
eleven-year history through its Patient Assistance and Product Donation Programs. The
Patient Assistance Program has given uninsured and underinsured U.S. patients more than
$651 million in medicines, while the Product Donation Program has provided more than
$474 million in medicines to underserved patients in the U.S. and around the world.

Countries where product donations have been made.

500,000
Number of patients who have benefited
$474,000,000
The Product Donation Program has provided
from the Patient Assistance Program over $474 million in medicines to underserved
over the Foundation's history. patients in the U.S. and around the world.



Community
Programs
Enhancing the communities where we live and work

BI Cares supports the Connecticut
Mission of Mercy clinic, which provides
free dental care to the underserved
and uninsured in Connecticut. Oral
health is connected to overall health
and can impact a person's quality of
life and self-esteem.

In “Thoughts of a Free Thinker,” Kurt Vonnegut’s
commencement address at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges in 1974, Vonnegut wrote, “… the most daring
1,088
The number of Community
thing is to create stable communities in which the Programs Boehringer has
supported over the years.
terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” At Boehringer
Ingelheim, we believe that it’s not just daring, but also an
important responsibility to become active in the fabric $21,000,000
Value of program support
of the communities in which we live and work. That’s to strengthen local communities.
why we work closely with our local partners to create
and sustain programs that bring people together and
make more health for them and their communities.

2012 Giving Report : Community Programs Page 07


Americares Free Clinics

The One-in-a-Million Patient
While roughhousing with his brother, 21-year-old Frederico felt the knee pain that had
been bothering him for more than a year suddenly become unbearable. As Frederico had
no health insurance, a friend searched the Internet and found the Boehringer Ingelheim
AmeriCares Free Clinic in Danbury, Connecticut, which provides quality healthcare for the
uninsured. On his first visit there, the staff saw the large mass on his leg and immediately
referred him to Danbury Hospital for an MRI scan. The results: a tumor that was destroying
bone and muscle in his leg. Frederico, shocked and scared, turned again to the clinic, which
arranged an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon at Yale New Haven Hospital. Surgery
quickly followed along with some good news: The tumor was a rare but aggressive non-
cancerous growth that afflicts one person per million per year. Following extensive physical
therapy facilitated through the clinic and Danbury Hospital, Frederico’s mobility has been
restored.“I don’t know what could have happened if I didn’t find AmeriCares,” Frederico
said standing on his two legs, healthy again. “I’m so grateful.”

Norma Pfriem Center

Helping Hope Bloom
BI Cares Foundation provides financial support to the center's Medically Underserved
Initiative to help women in southwestern Connecticut.

Photo courtesy of Jamie Collins Photography
Connecticut’s Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center provides screening, diagnostic, and other
services to women in need. At its 12th annual Rose of Hope Luncheon, its largest fund-
raising event ever and featuring actress and keynote speaker Julie Bowen of television’s
“Modern Family,” BI Cares Foundation was awarded the center’s Rose of Hope Award for
its support of breast cancer screening programs for underserved women. “Early detection
remains the cornerstone of breast cancer control,” said BI Cares Foundation vice president
Frank Pomer. “In fact, 95 percent of breast cancers are now curable when detected early. So
making this opportunity available for these women is invaluable for them and their families.”

Helping in Emergencies

Friends for Man’s Best Friend
There’s a severe shortage of Man’s Best Friend out there. The National Disaster Search Dog
Foundation (NDSDF) reports that more Advanced Certified canine search teams are needed
when disaster strikes, here at home or around the globe. Our U.S. Animal Health business,
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., located in St. Joseph, Missouri, has a longstanding
partnership with the NDSDF. Since 2004, the company has committed more than
$1,000,000 in sponsorship to the nonprofit and its mission to strengthen disaster response
around the world.



Community Partnership

The Crew That Renews
The Renew Crew of Petersburg, Virginia, is a volunteer organization committed to improving
the housing and living conditions of low-income adults and persons with disabilities in their
community. Many BI Chemicals employees have contributed to this community-minded
effort by volunteering their time and skills in building and installing wheelchair ramps and
assisting in other home improvement projects for those in need. What they’ve learned is that
volunteering not only renews homes, but also serves as a rewarding personal renewal as well.

Prevent Rx Drug Abuse Program
Keeping Medicines Out of the Wrong Hands
While our mission is to provide more medicines to more people in need, we know that
sometimes it is better to take back than it is to give. Our Columbus, Ohio, businesses—
Roxane Laboratories and Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane—have partnered with the Franklin
County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio State Attorney General’s Office, Kroger Pharmacies and
WCMH NBC4 to present a comprehensive Prevent Rx Drug Abuse program. This program
encourages safe use of prescription medicines through quarterly drug take-back days,
parent-student seminars on prescription drug abuse, and on-air and online news stories. To
date the program has collected more than 3,000 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs,
and has educated more than 500 families on the dangers of prescription drug abuse.

Employee Engagement

Accelerating the Search for a Cure
Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ben Venue Laboratories in Bedford, Ohio, manufactures sterile
injectable medicines, including some that treat certain types of cancer. We are proud to
have partnered with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to support the Northeast Ohio Susan
G. Komen Race for the Cure, including being the Survivor Ceremony Sponsor for this event.
Our employees stand—and sometimes run—alongside people with cancer and their families
in the search for a cure.

Furthering Stem Education

Catalysts for Future Excellence 25 Years of CPEP
Year 1
BI Cares is proud to be a major contributor to CPEP: 1 school district
Catalysts Powering Educational Performance. For more 1 school
40 students
than 25 years, this statewide educational program in
Year 25
Connecticut has been helping under-represented youths
11 school districts
prepare to follow their dreams of a career in Science, 35 schools
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). 900+ students/year



Time and Skills
Encouraging the involvement of our employees

Boehringer Ingelheim’s success as an innovator is directly
linked to the passion and commitment of its employees
in bringing groundbreaking new medicines to patients.
Turns out that the communities in which our employees
live and work benefit from this same spirit of commitment
and caring. We are proud of the innovative ways BI
employees leverage their time, skills, and involvement to
educate, motivate, and provide for their neighbors in need.

2012 Giving Report : Time and Skills Page 10


Volunteer Profile

The Music of Giving
Plenty of orchestras stage concerts to raise money for charity. But one consists entirely
of doctor-musicians from around the globe: the World Doctors Orchestra. One of those
talented doctor-musicians is BI employee Birgit. “We work to support underfunded areas
such as buying braces and other durable medical equipment,” she says. Other beneficiaries
include HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa and victims of abuse and torture. Concerts have
been held worldwide. Birgit plays both the cello and trombone. She loved music so much
that at one point she had to decide between a career in music or medicine. Medical school
won out, but music has remained an important part of her life. Birgit’s service doesn’t end
when the music stops. As a medical doctor, she volunteers at the Boehringer Ingelheim realize how lucky I am to serve
I
AmeriCares Free Clinic in Danbury, Connecticut. Volunteering allows her to serve patients others with talents that I don't get
who might not otherwise be able to get the care they need while keeping her connected to to use in my day-to-day work.
the clinical side of patient care.

Volunteer Profile

Living For That A-Ha! Moment
BI employee Jeff’s enthusiasm for science is as evident as the results of one of the
experiments he conducts while volunteering at schools in Columbus, Ohio. “The materials
are the stars of any show,” he gushes. “If they bubble, smoke, or change color, we have
evidence of physical or chemical changes.” An Analytical Chemist at Roxane Laboratories,
Jeff has been active in the American Chemical Society for nearly 20 years and serves on its
Council on Community Activities. Jeff is a passionate promoter of science, living for that
expression on a student’s face that tells him he’s sparked an interest. As a result of Jeff’s
rapport with students, countless children in Central Ohio have been introduced to careers
in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

Strengthening Our Communities
Day of Action Engages BI Employees
On June 6, 2012, 150 BI employees in nine teams supported nonprofit organizations in
Western Connecticut by contributing their time and skills to a variety of projects, from
sprucing up facilities and grounds, beautifying gardens and trails, building and taking down
fences, and helping with painting projects at a variety of sites throughout the community.
“BI is very fortunate to have employees who demonstrate our culture of caring each and
every day,” says Ann Wainright, who led the volunteer effort. Beneficiaries included an
Ability Beyond Disability group home, Ann’s Place, the Marian Anderson Studio for the
Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Camp Candlewood, Danbury Youth Services, the
Hispanic Center, the Salvation Army, and the Regional YMCA in Bethel.



9/11 Day of Service

Nurturing STEM Careers
As part of Boehringer Ingelheim’s 9/11 Day of Service, BI employees visited Rogers Park
Middle School and Danbury High School, both in Danbury, Connecticut, to encourage
the students’ interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. This gave the young
students an opportunity to put a friendly face on these careers and motivate them to focus
on their studies so that, one day, they might follow in these successful footsteps.

9/11 Day of Service

Jumpstarting, or Restarting, Careers
BI Cares knows that there’s a direct link between gainful employment and health. That’s why
on its 9/11 Day of Service, BI employees with extensive experience in human resources and
talent acquisition conducted a daylong workshop for clients of The Bridge to Independence
and Career Opportunities (TBICO) seeking employment. Networking, interview skills, and
LinkedIn were among the topics discussed. Clients there were also able to take advantage of
an earlier, successful BI Cares drive that collected new or gently-used professional women’s
clothing and accessories.

Supporting Hospice Services

Caring as Art—Literally and Figuratively
Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut provides end-of-life care and
counseling to families in need. Last year, for instance, the organization made more than
30,000 such visits to area families. Considering the sensitive nature of these visits, the
care provided is truly a work of art. For the past 27 years, BI has been proud to host the
organization’s signature fundraising event, The Art of Caring. This event attracts hundreds
of guests to the BI campus, where they can admire the work of more than 100 artists while
enjoying the artistry of local musicians and gourmet fare donated by the area’s finest
restaurants. Supporting the work of Regional Hospice and Home Care goes hand-in-hand
with Boehringer Ingelheim’s commitment to patients and families, and our support of
employee volunteering.



Social Enterprise
How is Boehringer Ingelheim making more health?

Quick: In three words, describe how
you'd make more health. That's the
challenge we gave to our Ridgefield,
Connecticut employees on Value Through
Innovation Day, an annual global
event that celebrates the ways
Boehringer Ingelheim is expanding
and strengthening connections with
healthcare providers, patients, families,
communities, and employees. The
answers will inspire you. Check it out
at givingreport.us.boehringer-ingelheim.com.

Change begins with an idea. An idea becomes reality only
when certain individuals have the vision, passion, and
determination to see it through. In our world of medicines
and healthcare, we are fortunate to work with people
willing to tackle major social issues and implement ideas
and programs that bring about wide-scale improvements
in the health and well-being of patients around the world.
We call these people “social entrepreneurs.” BI Cares is
proud to support their innovative programs, research,
and education as they—with little fanfare—strive to
ensure the health of this and future generations.

2012 Giving Report : Social Enterprise Page 13


Ashoka Youth Ventures

How Fab Is This?
A young social entrepreneur with an idea for helping adolescent girls creates a week-long
summer camp for girls aged 8 to 12 that promotes discussions on self-esteem, inner beauty,
body image, health, and ambition. The idea: celebrate uniqueness, not conformity and
similarity. They call their camp “Finding the Fabulous.”

The young innovator, a college student named Lauren, along with a partner, Sarah, created
a business plan and pitched it to Ashoka Youth Ventures, a BI Cares Foundation partner. The
enterprising duo received funding and put their idea to work. Last summer, 40 girls attended
the camp. Students from nearby schools volunteer as senior camp counselors, and 13-year-
old camp grads can give back by serving as junior counselors. Follow-up activities for camp
graduates continue year round. Lauren and Sarah hope to expand the number of campers
and promote “Finding the Fabulous” in other communities.

“It’s not surprising that nearly all adolescent girls are unhappy with the way they look,” says
Lauren. “From an early age, they are bombarded with messages on how they ‘should’ look.”
Thanks to Lauren and Sarah’s social entrepreneurship, though, more young teens are able to
see through these messages to create their own unique—and healthy—versions of fabulous.

reSET Social Enterprise

A Service for Those Who’ve Served for Us
The Social Enterprise Awards, sponsored by Connecticut-based Social Enterprise Trust
(reSET), recognize aspiring individuals with a business concept for a sustainable social
enterprise designed to improve the community, create jobs, and demonstrate the power of
harnessing profit for purpose.

Boehringer Ingelheim is proud to support one
of those awards, the 2012 More Health Through
Innovation Award. The 2012 award went to
Combat2Career (C2C), an innovative web-based
portal that helps veterans to search and apply to
veteran-friendly educational programs, internships,
and jobs. C2C not only facilitates the transition
from combat to higher education, but also
Charlotte, co-founder of C2C, is from higher education to the civilian workforce
helping veterans find educational by providing a way for veterans to develop
programs and employment based relationships with mentors and veteran-friendly
on criteria that are most businesses while they are completing their degrees
important to them. and embarking on their post-graduation careers.



Ashoka

Virtual Hang-outs for Social Innovators
and Entrepreneurs
Don’t let the title fool you. The Virtual Hang-out we’re talking about isn’t for slackers and
video games. Rather, it’s an innovative approach to brainstorming and sharing ideas and
expertise with social entrepreneurs around the world. Ashoka, a global association of the
world’s leading social entrepreneurs, collaborated with BI Cares on the Virtual Hang-out
approach with a computer, a webcam, and an internet connection.

More than a dozen Boehringer Ingelheim employees took advantage of the Virtual
Hang-out on its 9/11 Day of Service in Ridgefield to share their experience and skills in
creating business plans, developing marketing strategies, and setting cost-effective pricing
structures. Here’s a sampling of just a few of the projects discussed:

MyMind, brainchild of Making More Health Fellow Krystian Fikert, is a public mental
health service in Ireland that brings much-needed help to the community—faster and
more cost-effectively.

BreathEasy, created by innovator Nikos Papachristou, makes treatment of pediatric asthma
more effective through its line of kid-friendly inhaler and other devices.

Haydrick Healthcare, founded by innovator Hayden Williams, is working to bring portable
radiology and medical records access technology to areas where service has traditionally
not been available.

The successful 9/11 events have already led other Boehringer Ingelheim national offices
to get involved, including BI Netherlands and BI Australia. As these and more and more BI
offices are learning, hanging out for an hour can help create real change around the world.


About Us

The objectives and beliefs of Boehringer
Ingelheim can be summed up in a single
phrase: Value through Innovation. It’s
what drives us to continuously search
for new and innovative ways to improve
the lives that we touch—whether that be
lives of patients and their families, our
employees or our community.

Contact Us

Boehringer Ingelheim
900 Ridgebury Road
Ridgefield, CT 06877
203.798.9988

us.boehringer-ingelheim.com

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