Princeton, Pompe patient, US
Princeton, Pompe patient, US
Health Equity at Sanofi in the US
Our Belief
We believe everyone deserves access to the diagnosis, information, treatment, and care they need, want and deserve to achieve their best health. To that end, we embrace health equity as a business priority aligned with our mission to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
Our investments in access for patients and communities strengthen innovation, economies, and the resilience of global health systems, while affirming our role as a responsible, purpose-driven, and bold leader in healthcare. As health disparities persist around the world, we seek to break down access barriers through inclusive R&D, putting patients at the center of everything we do, establishing authentic partnerships, and transparent pricing. These efforts help ensure no one is left behind in accessing quality healthcare.
By working to expand access to medicines and vaccines for all people, we address unmet medical needs, earn long-term trust in communities worldwide, and expand growth across markets.
As an innovative global healthcare company, we have a role to play in responding to the destabilizing situation underserved populations are in when they need care. Working to build trust through conversation and dialogue between underserved communities and healthcare stakeholders, we can help improve engagement and health outcomes for all.
Paul Hudson
Chief Executive Officer
A Million Conversations
Trust is critical to achieving optimal health outcomes. Yet, in many underserved communities trust is eroded or never existed threatening the health and well-being of patients, families and communities. To help build and restore trust, in 2023 Sanofi launched A Million Conversations (AMC), a global multi-year initiative aimed at building trust in healthcare systems, particularly in underserved communities. Through open dialogue, community engagement, research and public policy, AMC raises awareness about health inequities and supports sustainable solutions that help improve health outcomes across communities. In the U.S. our teams seek to embed the principles of AMC into all of our health equity efforts.
Global Health Unit
Advancing health equity is a critical, multi-faceted global challenge. The World Economic Forum reports that up to 80% of individual health outcomes are influenced by non-medical drivers such as affordable housing, clean air and water, and access to nutritious food. This challenge is further highlighted by WHO data finding that about 4.5 billion people were not fully covered by essential health services as of 2021. Sanofi is committed to making our medicines and vaccines accessible to all.
On the global stage, Sanofi addresses these challenges through Foundation S, our long-standing foundation and the Global Health Unit, an innovative model for expanding access to treatment in low-income countries. Through the GHU, we provide access to Sanofi quality medicines, with a focus on non-communicable diseases, in 40 countries with the greatest unmet medical needs while funding local support programs.
In the US, we pull through these global strategies and initiatives to help meet the needs of patients, families and communities who are among the most vulnerable and underserved.
Sanofi believes that providing better access to healthcare and quality medicines and vaccines is critical, and essential to this work in ensuring that we are actively engaging with underserved communities to understand and address health disparities, while advancing health equity.
Deb Glasser
Head, Specialty Care, North America & US Country Lead
Partnering for Progress
Sanofi is mission focused on the impact of our efforts to expand access for all patients across all communities to help improve health outcomes. In addition to internal metrics, we collect and analyze public health data sources for communities across the United States to help measure the effectiveness and impact of our efforts.
The data we collect allows us to focus our partnership investments on the collaborations that have the highest potential impact and best outcomes for patients and communities. Below are a few examples of our signature investments.
ACE Your Health Collaboration
We believe advancing health equity starts by meeting communities where they are. In partnership with the NAACP, we launched ACE Your Health to better understand the factors that influence health outcomes across historically underserved communities.
This collaboration is more than a program— it’s a movement for change. Building on the AMC framework, ACE Your Health is built on trust, community engagement, data and a shared belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve their optimal health. Together, we’re focused on driving real, measurable change through three key ACE pillars:
Actionable Insights
Leveraging scaled research and insights to inform policy and practice.
Community Assets
Identifying and amplifying proven community led solutions and strengthening local resources to improve outcomes.
Emerging Technologies
Advancing inclusive, ethical innovation and the application of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Helping to build trust in these emerging technologies among patient communities.
At Sanofi, we’re focused on the impact of work to help improve health outcomes. Together we are using AI to accelerate innovation and transform healthcare to help close critical gaps in diagnosis, care, and treatment in communities across the US. Every person deserves access to the care and treatment they need to live healthy and thrive. This isn’t just good business—it’s our north star, embedded in the way we operate.
Tanisha M. Sullivan
Head, US Health Equity Strategy
Partnering with Community Health Workers
Sanofi has a long-standing relationship with the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) that includes investments in organization infrastructure, advocacy training, and other partnering support. The global shortage of primary care providers and its impact on the ability of communities to access preventative healthcare that can support optimal health has been widely reported. In communities around the world, community health workers are the frontline of care in their local communities- trusted, relied upon, and making a difference. Our corporate social responsibility team has invested in supporting them.
Our collaboration reflects our shared belief that the success of community-based solutions is rooted in trust and investment in those closest to the communities they serve.
Each of our contributions, whether big or small, becomes a building block for a healthier society; our efforts toward building healthier communities are guided by a commitment to empathy, innovation, and a deep understanding that our well-being is interconnected.
Adam Gluck
Head, US & Specialty Care Corporate Affairs
Patient Support
Our patient support programs help qualified, economically disadvantaged patients access the treatment they need.
Health Equity Heroes Grants: Local Programs Making a Difference
Patient access to care drives everything we do. Our patient advocacy teams actively partner with patient advocacy organizations and other groups to ensure the patient voice is central to our business. Our Health Equity Heroes grants recognize the impactful work of patient advocacy groups who help drive equitable access to healthcare for all patients.