Thank you to our Sponsors

The work of M4RD relies on the generous contributions of sponsors.

In 2013, Students4RareDiseases (our original name) was grateful to receive funding from Sanofi Genzyme by working with The UK LSD Collaborative. They received the PAL Award for the project “Hear hooves…Think Zebra” and thanks to this award we transformed a small student society into a national organisation.  Since then different parts of the project have received sponsorship from different companies.

We are currently working on our 2022 campaign – building on the success of 2021: adding to Rare Disease 101 with the launch of mini-modules and ‘deep-dive’ modules;  our online annual symposium, ‘The Unusual Suspects’; the publication of a Best Practice Guide for PAGs to engage with HCPS; another season of our popular podcast series; a series of webinars with the RSM’s Medicine & Me section on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in collaboration with the ARDEnt group; and many more projects. 

We would like to thank all our sponsors and donors for their generous support. Rather than targeting resources on one specific disease they understand that one part of achieving earlier diagnoses is by breaking down the stigma of rare diseases in healthcare. The work of M4RD will benefit all rare diseases.