The AstraZeneca Commitment to

Mental Health Care

• AstraZeneca supports multiple initiatives designed to further public health

• We partner with patient-focused groups to foster accessible support

• We offer various patient prescription assistance programs designed to help patients afford the medications they need

AstraZeneca believes it is critical for people with mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to get the treatment they need. These mental illnesses exact a tremendous toll on the people who suffer from them, their loved ones and society, and can have devastating consequences when not adequately treated.

AstraZeneca is committed to the health of patients and their families — we're proud of the quality medications we produce. We support the communities in which we operate, whether through patient support, financial assistance for prescriptions, or supporting awareness efforts of our third party partners.

Our Partnerships

We believe patients across the country should have access to tools and resources to help understand and manage conditions, including prevention and wellness programs. Families and patients can be helped with the support of patient advocates and experts that can help them better understand their condition, and how to manage it. We at AstraZeneca devote considerable resources to nationwide programs whose mission is to:

• Expand access to health care

• Help prevent disease through health and disease education

• Encourage early diagnosis and appropriate treatment

Below are examples of mental health programs AstraZeneca supports:

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60654–7225
800–826–3632
www.dbsalliance.org

The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is a patient–directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these illnesses by providing up–to–date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably. DBSA was founded in 1985.

Families for Depression Awareness

395 Totten Pond Road, Suite 404
Waltham, MA 02451
781–890–0220
www.familyaware.org

Families for Depression Awareness helps families recognize and cope with depressive disorders. The purpose of this organization is to: help families recognize and manage the various forms of depression and associated mood disorders; reduce stigma associated with depressive disorders; and unite families and help them heal in coping with depression.

Families for Depression Awareness offers a unique tool called the Mental Health Family Tree builder. After completing a simple questionnaire, you can print an easy–to–read "family tree" that maps the existence of behaviors associated with bipolar disorder in your family. You can then share this family tree with your doctor or family. This builder is completely anonymous and your personal information will not be saved.

The Jed Foundation

220 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212–647–7544
www.jedfoundation.org

The Jed Foundation was founded in 2000 by Phil and Donna Satow after they sadly lost their 20–year–old son, Jed, to suicide. The Jed Foundation is a New York–based 501(c)(3) charitable organization with a mission to reduce the suicide rate among college and university students across the United States.

The organization's major initiatives are rooted in their widely distributed "Prescription for Prevention" model that defines a comprehensive suicide prevention and mental health promotion framework for colleges and universities. Their programs, informed by both clinical and public health perspectives, target the full range of audiences who can influence college mental health, including students, colleges, politicians, mental health professionals and parents. Their work: fosters greater public awareness of the extent of college–age suicides; collaborates with colleges and universities to strengthen mental health services on campus; creates linkages between the academic research community that works on suicide prevention and the higher education professionals who work directly with students; and produces innovative Internet–based intervention systems for college students.

Mental Health America (MHA)

2000 N. Beauregard Street, 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
800–969–6MHA (6642)
www.nmha.org

Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives. With more than 320 affiliates nationwide, MHA represents a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well–being of the nation–every day and in times of crisis.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

3803 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100
Arlington, VA 22203
800–950–NAMI (6264)
www.nami.org

NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness, and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become a prominent national voice on mental illness. NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.

National Hopeline Network

800–442–HOPE (4673)
www.hopeline.com

The Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC) and its primary program, the National Hopeline Network, is a non–profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention, intervention, and healing. The organization accomplishes this by: providing a single point of entry to community–based crisis services through innovative telephony and internet–based technologies; bringing national attention and access to services for postpartum depression and other women's mood disorders; through education and advocacy; through formal research and evaluation of crisis line services; and championing the need for national funding for community–based suicide prevention crisis services.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892–9663
866–615–6464
www.nimh.nih.gov

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This public health mandate demands that the institute harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans.

Prescription Assistance

AstraZeneca works closely with health care providers, insurers, and individual patients to help ensure its medicines are accessible to those who need them.

In fact, AstraZeneca provides free medicines to eligible low-income patients who lack health coverage, while also providing significant rebates to public and private insurance plans in an effort to help keep prices down.

We know that medication can be expensive and difficult to access for our patients, which is why AZ&Me™ Prescription Savings program was created over 30 years ago.

In 2009, AZ helped 507,475 patients fill 3.8 million prescriptions resulting in $769.6 million in savings to patients. AstraZeneca works closely with health care providers, insurers, and individual patients to help ensure its medicines are accessible to those who need them.