HERTFORDSHIRE, England, PITTSBURGH and NEW
YORK, Aug. 12, 2020
/PRNewswire/ -- Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL) and Sesame Workshop,
the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame
Street, today announced a new effort to help children and
families cope with the ongoing transitions and uncertainty stemming
from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a U.S.$1 million donation from Mylan, Sesame
Workshop will create a series of educational resources and engaging
videos to meet the pressing socio-emotional needs that families
across generations and around the world are experiencing.
The new resources, which will be available in multiple languages
as part of Sesame Workshop's Caring for Each
Other initiative, will help families navigate difficult
topics and address the emotions many children and caregivers are
experiencing, such as anxiety, frustration, sadness, and grief.
Designed to help families build resilience, establish comforting
routines, and foster a sense of hope and optimism, the resources
will also celebrate frontline workers like healthcare providers and
medical supply chain workers and their families, who are facing
unique pandemic-related challenges. In addition to financial
support, Mylan will share the resources with its 35,000 employees
around the world so that they and their families also can benefit
from this initiative. The effort forms part of Mylan's continued
commitment to ensure access to medicines, services and social
impact initiatives that deliver better health for a better
world.
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch said:
"While Mylan and many other members of the global healthcare
community have been busy responding to the physical need for care
and access to medicine amid the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the
social and emotional toll of these unprecedented times has also
continued to grow. Around the world, children and their caregivers
may be experiencing a sense of loss, isolation, or uncertainty, and
aligning our efforts with Sesame Workshop – an organization known
the world over for its award-winning children's programming – to
support families during this time of need provides a wonderful
opportunity to help."
Mylan Executive Chairman Robert J.
Coury added: "For nearly 60 years, Mylan has been committed
to the cause of providing access – both to the medicine we
manufacture and also to resources and support through our community
outreach efforts. We're proud to ensure that legacy continues
through today's announcement with Sesame Workshop and look forward
to continue supporting long-term recovery efforts around the
world."
Sesame Workshop's President of Social Impact and Philanthropy
Sherrie Westin commented: "At Sesame
Workshop, we know how important it is to establish a foundation for
overcoming challenges and building resilience from a young age.
With the tremendous uncertainty that children and families are
facing the world over because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're
grateful for Mylan's support as we equip families with the tools
they need to overcome the challenges of today and thrive into the
future."
The new resources will be released on a rolling basis starting
this fall around the world, including the U.S. and markets in
Latin America and Europe, as well as India, South
Africa and more. The digital content will be distributed
through a wide range of channels, including platforms like YouTube,
WhatsApp, and social media, as well as through on-the-ground
community providers and partners to ensure even those in difficult
to access areas are able to benefit from the free materials.
Today's announcement is part of Sesame Workshop's Caring for
Each Other initiative, which was created in response to the
uncertainty facing young children and families during the COVID-19
pandemic and has reached families in over 90 countries and nearly
40 languages. SesameStreet.org/caring is regularly updated to meet
the needs of families as the situation evolves, with free resources
designed to help parents provide comfort and manage anxiety, as
well as help with creating routines, fostering playful learning at
home, and staying physically and mentally healthy.
About Mylan
Mylan is a global pharmaceutical company committed to setting
new standards in healthcare. Working together around the world to
provide 7 billion people access to high quality medicine, we
innovate to satisfy unmet needs; make reliability and service
excellence a habit; do what's right, not what's easy; and impact
the future through passionate global leadership. We offer a
portfolio of more than 7,500 marketed products around the world,
including antiretroviral therapies on which approximately 40% of
people being treated for HIV/AIDS globally depend. We market our
products in more than 165 countries and territories. We are one of
the world's largest producers of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Every member of our approximately 35,000-strong workforce is
dedicated to creating better health for a better world, one person
at a time. Learn more at Mylan.com. We routinely post information
that may be important to investors on our website at
www.mylan.com/investors.
Mylan is committed to continue doing its part in support of
public health needs as the situation around COVID-19 evolves. In
addition to helping children and families through the new donation
to Sesame Workshop, Mylan's priorities remain protecting
the health and safety of its workforce, continuing to produce
critically needed medicines, deploying its resources and expertise
in the fight against COVID-19 through potential prevention and
treatment efforts, and supporting the communities in which the
company operates. Additional Mylan efforts aimed at enhancing child
and youth welfare include the company's ongoing STEM-CARE program
through West Virginia University, in
which students are encouraged to be curious, active, resilient and
engaged as they explore careers in science, technology, engineering
and math, and Mylan CEO Heather
Bresch's #FiguringItOut™ platform aimed at inspiring youth
to think outside the box when it comes to achieving their full
potential.
About Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind
Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been
reaching and teaching children since 1969. Today, Sesame Workshop
is an innovative force for change, with a mission to help kids
everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. We're present in
more than 150 countries, serving vulnerable children through a wide
range of media, formal education, and philanthropically funded
social impact programs, each grounded in rigorous research and
tailored to the needs and cultures of the communities we serve. For
more information, please visit www.sesameworkshop.org.
Mylan Forward-Looking Statement
This communication includes statements that constitute
"forward-looking statements," including with regard to Mylan's
actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because forward-looking
statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties, actual
future results may differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such statements. Factors that could cause or contribute
to such differences include, but are not limited to the potential
widespread and highly uncertain impact of public health outbreaks,
epidemics and pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic; any changes
in, interruptions to, or difficulties with Mylan's or its partners'
ability to develop, manufacture, and commercialize products; the
effect of any changes in Mylan's or its partners' customer and
supplier relationships and customer purchasing patterns; other
changes in third-party relationships; the impact of competition;
changes in the economic and financial conditions of the businesses
of Mylan or its partners; the scope, timing, and outcome of any
ongoing legal proceedings and the impact of any such proceedings on
Mylan's or its partners' business; any regulatory, legal, or other
impediments to Mylan's or its partners' ability to bring products
to market; actions and decisions of healthcare and pharmaceutical
regulators, and changes in healthcare and pharmaceutical laws and
regulations, in the United States
and abroad; Mylan's and its partners' ability to protect
intellectual property and preserve intellectual property rights;
risks associated with international operations; other uncertainties
and matters beyond the control of management; and the other risks
detailed in Mylan's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Mylan undertakes no obligation to update these
statements for revisions or changes after the date of this
communication.
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