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Takeda partners with CARE PH to improve and expand cancer research
CARE PH is a non-government organization founded by Dr. Beatrice Tiangco in 2017 in response to the Department of Health’s (DOH) initiative on establishing a unified registry system in the country for non-communicable diseases such as cancer, stroke, diabetes, and heart disease. One of their main goals is to create and populate a hospital-based cancer registry to supplement existing population-based registries in Rizal and Metro Manila.
Through this partnership, Takeda will provide CARE PH a grant of Php 1,000,000 pesos with a goal of supporting the organization’s mission of “every preventable cancer averted, every screen-able cancer detected, and every cancer patient counted.”
“This partnership with CARE PH ensures that we improve diagnostic rates for blood cancers such as myeloma, leukemia, and lymphoma, as well as other cancers, to increase the chances of prevention and cure in the Philippines. This will help Filipino cancer patients gain accelerated access to life-changing treatments,” shared Igor Gomes, Takeda’s Cluster Head and General Manager for Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore (VMAPS).
Together for better oncology research and care
According to DOH, non-communicable diseases are the top causes of death worldwide. In the Philippines, cancer affects 189 out of every 100,000 Filipinos, with four Filipinos dying of cancer every hour or 96 cancer patients every day . As such, cancer ranks fourth (4th) as the leading cause of death in the Philippines with 48,937 recorded cases from January to October 2021 as stated by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Further, based on the research by the Global Cancer Observatory (Globocan), over 4,000 new patients were diagnosed with lymphoma, making it one of the top 30 cancers in the country. Approximately 300,000 deaths from this disease was recorded in 2020 alone, 2,500 of which occurred in the Philippines.
Representatives from Takeda Philippines and Care PH doing the symbolic gesture of Takeda’s Spot Lymphoma, Stop Lymphoma campaign. (From left to right) Loreann Villanueva, Country Manager, Takeda Philippines; Igor Gomes, Cluster Head and General Manager, VMAPS; Dr. Beatrice Tiangco, Founder of Care PH; and Mr. Jojo Flores, Program and Administrative Officer of Care PH
“We appreciate the liberty that Takeda has given to us in terms of how we can further improve our operations–from recruiting volunteers, hospitals, and towards initiating more cancer-related studies. Our main focus in this initiative are the Filipino cancer patients. We want to be able to provide them with registry and research outputs on the epidemiology of cancer in the country, which in turn will help prioritize screening, prevention and therapeutic initiatives, on the road to better healthcare for the Filipino cancer patient,” said Dr. Beatrice Tiangco, Medical Oncologist/Epidemiologist and Founder of CARE PH.
With a standardized and consolidated hospital registry, more robust data can be gathered, more scientific research using local data can be published, and constructing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines will be facilitated.
The Takeda grant will also allow CARE PH to donate computers to be able to train more data encoders at various hospitals throughout the country, and spearhead additional site-specific cancer registries and studies, maybe even contribute to the research and development of newer therapeutic agents for the nation’s common cancers.
“This partnership with CARE PH is something that we are very enthusiastic about since we share the same value and commitment towards bringing better health and brighter future to cancer patients,” shared Loreann Villanueva, Country Manager, Takeda Healthcare Philippines Inc.
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About Takeda
Takeda is a global, research and development-driven pharmaceutical company committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients by translating science into life-changing medicines. Takeda focuses its research efforts on four therapeutic areas - Oncology, Rare Diseases, Neuroscience and Gastroenterology - to develop highly innovative medicines that contribute to making a difference in people's lives.
About Takeda Philippines
Takeda Healthcare Philippines, Inc. (THPI) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Makati City, THPI aims to broaden patient access to treatment across the country through sustainable access programs enabling affordable and integrated access solutions for disease areas such as oncology, gastroenterology, rare diseases and by strengthening the healthcare system guided by our commitment to Patients, our People and the Planet.
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UNIQLO Launches PEACE FOR ALL Charity T-shirt Project
UNIQLO has enlisted initial participation for this project from five creators from various fields who it has collaborated with in the past and will have a synchronized global launch of T-shirts with individual slogans and designs on Friday, June 17.
Overview of the
PEACE FOR ALL Project
Launch date: Starting Friday, June 17, 2022
Product name: PEACE FOR ALL
Price: Php 790
Sizes: XS-3XL
(Sizes available in stores are XS-XL; Sizes available inline XS – 3XL)
Availability: UNIQLO stores and UNIQLO.com/ph
Special Website: https://www.uniqlo.com/ph/en/contents/feature/peace-for-all/
Details of the initial five T-shirts that will launch starting on June 17 including profiles of their creators follow on the next page.
Tadao Ando “In today’s increasingly fragmented world, we need
to reacquaint ourselves with the fact that we all live together on one single
planet. That is why I have used this particular message. To achieve ‘The
Earth is One,’ it is vital that each one of us thinks very carefully about
what we, as individuals, can do for society.”
Urbanist, Architect / Founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in 1969.
Became a professor at the University of Tokyo in 1997 and professor emeritus
in 2003. His many works include Japan Pavilion for Expo ‘92, Church of the
Light, Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum, Awaji Yumebutai, Hyogo
Prefectural Museum of Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Punta della
Dogana, and Bourse de Commerce. |
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Kashiwa Sato
“I designed my T-shirt to convey the concept of PEACE, straight and
simple. The repeated call for PEACE FOR ALL represents the feelings and
voices of many people worldwide. It expresses a strong and heartfelt desire
for a peaceful world.”
Creative Director & CEO, SAMURAI INC. / As a
comprehensive “total producer” for brand strategies, he collaborates with a
number of leading companies on different projects. He produced the launch of
UNIQLO’s UT brand in 2007. |
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INES DE LA FRESSANGE
“Today designers and fashion brands must be generous and think firmly
about the world and about humanity. I believe people will enjoy participating
in this new and ongoing commitment and in expressing their views about peace
in such a pacific way. Don’t you want to wear this T-shirt?”
Model and designer / Ines de la Fressange started her
career at the age of 17 as a model. A much-loved muse for multiple top
fashion houses, she remains a symbolic style icon in the world of fashion to
this day. In 2013, she re-launched her own brand, INES DE LA FRESSANGE PARIS,
and continues to embody the concept of French chic as a creative director. |
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Haruki Murakami
“I just wanted to be of some
use (maybe not much, but still). I think it would be nice to create a world
in which people, and cats, can live in peace.”
Novelist / Born in 1949 in Kyoto Prefecture. Debuting
in 1979 with Hear the Wind Sing, Murakami’s major works include Norwegian
Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and 1Q84. His work has been translated into
different languages all over the world and received multiple prizes, including
the Franz Kafka Prize. He has also translated many of the books that
influenced him the most, including The Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye.
He has seen Harper more times than any other movie, and also loves the novel
it was based on. |
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Shinya Yamanaka
“I took part because I wanted
to do something useful as an individual in addition to promoting research as
a physician-scientist. The ability of science and technology to change the
world for the better is entirely dependent on the people who use it. So, I
added the message ‘Humanity must progress.’ “
Physician-Scientist / Dr. Shinya Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for successfully generating induced
pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from skin cells. He is a professor at the Center
for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University, the
Representative Director of the CiRA Foundation, and a Senior Investigator at
the Gladstone Institutes in the United States. |
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Additional design creators after the initial June 17 launch include, in alphabetical order by last name (titles omitted): Ayumu Hirano, Rei Inamoto, Kosuke Kawamura, Shingo Kunieda, Christophe Lemaire, Kei Nishikori, Gordon Reid, Adam Scott, and Hana Tajima.
Donations raised through PEACE FOR ALL will be allocated to a number of organizations including the following:
UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, leads international action to protect people forced to flee because of conflict and persecution. We deliver life-saving assistance like shelter, food and water; help safeguard fundamental human rights; and develop solutions that ensure people have a safe place to call home where they can build a better future. www.unhcr.org
Save the Children
Save the Children is an international NGO that works to make children’s rights to survival, development, protection, and participation a reality worldwide. It was established in the UK in 1919 and is currently at work in approximately 120 countries.