Looking for sales, I guess.
J
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17148758/ [excerpts]
Updated: 9:57 a.m. ET Feb 14, 2007
ATLANTA - A drug company is pledging $10 million to The American Cancer
Society — one of the largest gifts in the organization’s history — to help
provide one-on-one support for cancer patients in U.S. hospitals, the
organization announced Wednesday.
The unusual gift is from AstraZeneca PLC, an international pharmaceutical
company.
The Atlanta-based Cancer Society
It’s earmarked for a program that stations specially-trained Cancer
Society employees in 60 hospitals and cancer treatment centers. The
“navigators” guide patients to social and emotional support,
transportation, medical and financial assistance services.
[note from me: maybe the above was missing in the Southern US]
AstraZeneca, based in London, had health care sales of more than $26
billion last year. The company developed the popular breast cancer drug
tamoxifen, and makes about a half-dozen other breast and prostate cancer
medications.
Last year, the company gave $7 million to help the Cancer Society develop
a Hope Lodge in Boston. AstraZeneca has been looking for important ways to
work with the Cancer Society to help patients, said Lisa Schoenberg, the
company’s vice president of specialty care.
“There’s probably few ways we could have as big of an impact across the
nation with these important institutions and these important patients and
their families,” she said.[end quote]
International Pharmaceutical donates to places in the US 
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