Making contributions to appropriate purposes

H. Lundbeck A/S and its affiliates will consider supporting initiatives that have a positive impact on the lives of people living with brain diseases. We will consider request from eligible recipients for appropriate purposes and give priority to innovative, high-quality projects and activities that:

• Help people better manage their brain disease e.g. through local community projects
• Create awareness on topics within psychiatry and neurology 
• Do not compete with or substitute government funded projects or activities

Apply based on your location to H. Lundbeck A/S or Lundbeck Affiliate:

H. Lundbeck A/S

Please submit the requested information in the application form and send your application.

Lundbeck Affiliate

Please submit the requested information in the application form and send your application directly to the local Lundbeck office by using the global contact form

Lundbeck will consider providing medical educational grants in support of high quality, independent programs and materials for healthcare professionals. We aim to help programs that demonstrate the potential to improve patient care and health outcomes in patients living with brain diseases.

Selection Criteria & Requirements

All medical education program proposals are reviewed by Lundbeck to determine if the proposed program is scientifically and educationally rigorous, fair and balanced.

• All accredited programs must fully comply with international accreditation standards eg. EACCME®, UEMS, ACCME  or similar guidelines
• Non-accredited programs remain eligible for support if the program is scientifically and educationally sound and balanced and if they comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Any supportable medical education conference or meeting must be an activity, held at an appropriate location where the gathering is primarily dedicated, in both time and effort, to furthering objective scientific and education activities and discourse. The main incentive for bringing attendees together is to further their knowledge and skills on the topic(s) being presented
• Program must adhere to the EFPIA and IFPMA guidelines
• A fully completed grant application with all necessary information must be submitted and allow sufficient time for review of min 90 days.  

Medical Educational Grant requests with global, multi-country outreach

All requests for financial support from eligible third-party providers of education to healthcare professionals with global outreach (multiple countries) must include the information specified in the application form. Please ensure that the application form is fully completed with the required information and submit your application.

Please note that Lundbeck requires reconciliation for a Medical Education Grant following finalization of the activity. Beyond budget reconciliation, this will also include providing program impact.

For Medical Education Grants which relate to therapeutical areas where Lundbeck does not have approved products on the market, please also refer to the above-described process.

For any medical education questions not answered by viewing this website please contact the Lundbeck HQ Medical Educational Grants Office via email at:

hq-educationalgrants@lundbeck.com 

Please allow at least 2-3 business days for a response to your email inquiry.

Please note that Lundbeck has a separate process for local Medical Education Grants with a country specific outreach. For these requests, please refer to the country specific Lundbeck website.

For US Medical Education Grants, please refer to the process outlined below.

Medical Educational Grant requests in US with national outreach

All requests for financial support from appropriate third-party providers of education to healthcare professionals within the Unites States of America must follow the instructions here.

In the past decades, Lundbeck has established specialist knowledge about medical treatment aimed at advancing brain health and transforming lives.

In specific situations, we will consider request for donations of Lundbeck medicinal products for purposes in line with current guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO).

This includes situations where a donation of Lundbeck medicinal products may be a temporary solution to a specific, well-defined problem e.g. assistance to hospitals or clinics that do not have other reasonable access to such medicine.

Request for donation of a Lundbeck medicinal product must meet the following criteria:

• There should be an expressed need for the Lundbeck medicinal product that would not be accessible to the recipient otherwise
• The medicinal product donation should be time limited and not in any way conducted as part of a marketing or promotional activity
• Lundbeck holds a valid marketing authorization and exclusive commercialization rights for the Lundbeck medicinal product in the recipient country
  
• Lundbeck must be allowed to provide the medicinal product free of charge under local laws, regulations and administrative procedures in the recipient country
• Donations are only provided to eligible recipients e.g. a hospital or clinic and not individual healthcare professionals, political or religious organizations
• The Lundbeck medicinal product have at least one year remaining of the approved shelf life
• Lundbeck must determine and ensure that the recipient has adequate capacity to handle the donation and administer the Lundbeck medicinal product to patients, and agree in advance with the recipient the appropriate disposal or reverse logistics of expired product.

Please submit the information requested in the application form and send your application.

H. Lundbeck A/S will consider providing external scientists access to compounds or related material to support independent medical research.

We may consider requests for donations of small amounts of Lundbeck compounds for use as reference standards for analytical purposes. We may also give access to Lundbeck compounds, materials or methods for research in general. 

We give priority to original high-quality projects where scientists aim to create new disease biology understanding and validate potential drug targets.

Please submit the information requested in the application form and send your application.