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Harmony Biosciences Announces Recipients Of 2020 Patients At The Heart Grant On Second Annual World Narcolepsy Day
Three organizations awarded more than $74,000 in grants to support programs that help address unmet needs in the narcolepsy community during COVID-19 PLYMOUTH
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[{"type":"text","content":"Three organizations awarded more than $74,000 in grants to support programs that help address unmet needs in the narcolepsy community during COVID-19\n\n\nPLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. and CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (\"Harmony\") (Nasdaq: HRMY), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative therapies for patients living with rare neurological disorders who have unmet medical needs, today announced recipients of the second-annual Patients at the Heart Grant in recognition of World Narcolepsy Day. The Patients at the Heart Grant was originally designed as an annual competitive grant opportunity dedicated to funding innovative patient-centric programs; however, this year's grants were specifically awarded to programs created to support and address the unique challenges of people living with narcolepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"We are proud to recognize the second-annual World Narcolepsy Day by continuing to support the narcolepsy community, especially during a year when all of us need support more than ever,\" said Cate McCanless, Harmony's Vice President, External Affairs. \"Being able to pivot our Patients at the Heart Grant opportunity to fund programs that support and address the challenges of people with narcolepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic underlines our commitment to keeping patients at the heart of everything we do.\"\nWorld Narcolepsy Day, which takes place on September 22, is a day dedicated to raising awareness of narcolepsy on a global scale. In 2020, the day is co-led by 26 patient advocacy organizations across six continents. \nThe grant program awarded $65,000 to four organizations in 2019, a figure which this year rose to $74,000 awarded to three organizations. The following organizations were selected as grant recipients:\nWake Up Narcolepsy (WUN)Program: Unique Digital Resource CollectionThese funds enabled the development of the 'Doing Life During COVID' page of the Wake Up Narcolepsy website. This page includes links to free and affordable resources on healthy eating, working from home, homeschooling, exercise apps, meditation and mental health resources, access to key areas of support and relevant organizations and more. \nProgram: Digital Support GroupsWUN offers free, targeted online support groups to ...