{"id":5441,"date":"2020-04-07T07:14:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/?p=5441"},"modified":"2020-04-07T19:12:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:12:34","slug":"ibio-commends-illinois-the-life-sciences-community-for-its-impact-through-the-ibio-covid-19-ppe-response-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-commends-illinois-the-life-sciences-community-for-its-impact-through-the-ibio-covid-19-ppe-response-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"iBIO Commends the Illinois Life Sciences Community for its Impact through the iBIO COVID-19 PPE Response Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the March 23<sup>rd<\/sup> launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fibio.org%2Fcoronavirus%2Fcovid-19%2F&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=iBIO+COVID-19+PPE+Response+Fund&amp;index=1&amp;md5=1b75faac5641de0d84a81a25c36b01c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">iBIO COVID-19 PPE Response Fund<\/a>, the Illinois life sciences community is making a significant impact in the fight against the coronavirus. As of April 6th, the fund has received more than $760,000 in cash contributions and thousands of donated supplies.<\/p>\n<p>iBIO is directing monetary donations to its BIO Business Solutions lab supply partner, which places ongoing orders for personal protective equipment (PPE) equipment to meet the urgent needs of first responders, nurses and doctors throughout Illinois. Through this fund, iBIO has purchased:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>50,300 gloves<\/li>\n<li>13,500 items of protective clothing<\/li>\n<li>12,000 surgical masks<\/li>\n<li>1,100 supplies for coronavirus testing<\/li>\n<li>3,000 goggles plus other PPE items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Product donations include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>5,000 supplies for coronavirus testing<\/li>\n<li>3,620 N95 masks<\/li>\n<li>2,430 surgical masks<\/li>\n<li>2,430 bottles of hand sanitizer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Purchased items and most donated items are sent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.illinois.gov%2Fiema%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Illinois+Emergency+Management+Agency+%28IEMA%29&amp;index=2&amp;md5=58982865e84b97e2fee270a56ac289f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA)<\/a>, which distributes the products to healthcare and emergency response systems statewide to ensure that the supply is equitable.<\/p>\n<p>Starting today and continuing each Monday, iBIO is posting <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fibio.org%2Fibio-covid-19-ppe-response-fund-weekly-update%2F&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=weekly+updates+on+the+fund+and+its+impact&amp;index=3&amp;md5=10f507a1a9e4412f1ca494ef8eeb2d73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">weekly updates on the fund and its impact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bwuline\">Expansion of corporate support<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, April 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.astellas.com%2Fus%2Fresponsibility%2Four-commitment%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2KQYhoQBpupPpwQbXIKLF-7QniME4Dn7iHmXJhHIi6Cc8U5UyiI02ZPsQ&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Astellas+Pharma+US+announced&amp;index=4&amp;md5=08e0d919aae3384efedf8a03db1ab19f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Astellas Pharma US announced<\/a> sponsorship of the iBIO COVID-19 PPE Response Fund as part of up to $2 million in new financial assistance, in aggregate, that Astellas and the Astellas Global Health Foundation will be providing to support patients, healthcare workers and first responders in local and global communities. Astellas is the second Illinois-based life sciences company to offer significant support to the fund, following last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fibio.org%2Fhorizon-therapeutics-plc-donates-1-5-million-to-covid-19-response-efforts-in-illinois-and-other-impacted-u-s-and-global-communities%2F&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=donation+from+Horizon+Therapeutics&amp;index=5&amp;md5=d708881d6550305e2800f6b108a8f9ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">donation from Horizon Therapeutics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful that a portion of Astellas\u2019 commitment will support the <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fibio.org%2Fcoronavirus%2Fcovid-19%2F&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=iBIO+COVID-19+PPE+Response+Fund&amp;index=6&amp;md5=1373cd29a32f2dca49cf98d7f94a6286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">iBIO COVID-19 PPE Response Fund<\/a>, which will be used to purchase life-saving equipment for nurses, doctors and paramedics,\u201d said iBIO President and CEO John Conrad. \u201cThese heroes continue to show up for battle despite the great risks to their health and to the health of their families. Thank you, Astellas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this fund and our community\u2019s leadership, we are making an immediate impact. We ask other organizations and individuals to join Horizon and Astellas in supporting our frontline healthcare workers,\u201d added Conrad. \u201cPlease <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fibio.org%2Fcoronavirus%2Fcovid-19%2Fcovid-19-equipmentdonation%2F&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=donate+unused+medical+products&amp;index=7&amp;md5=20801c08a3f126362932544671b57a82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">donate unused medical products<\/a> or a make a financial donation to <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fibio.org%2Fcoronavirus%2Fcovid-19%2Fcovid-19-donation-page%2F&amp;esheet=52199775&amp;newsitemid=20200406005748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=iBIO%26%238217%3Bs+COVD-19+PPE+Response+Fund&amp;index=8&amp;md5=63121da5868a7a26422392b151466b55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">iBIO\u2019s COVD-19 PPE Response Fund<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the March 23rd launch of the iBIO COVID-19 PPE Response Fund, the Illinois life sciences community is making a significant impact in the fight against the coronavirus. As of April 6th, the fund has received more than $760,000 in cash contributions and thousands of donated supplies. iBIO is directing monetary donations to its BIO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[337,143],"tags":[410,339,345,382,181,89,121,397],"class_list":["post-5441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid","category-ibio-news","tag-atellas","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-first-responders","tag-horizon","tag-ibio","tag-illinois","tag-ppe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}