Independent medical education

Blueprint Medicines may provide grants to support both accredited and non-accredited independent medical education, including but not limited to:

• Programs or enduring materials produced or conducted by accredited providers to educate healthcare professionals
• Live learning opportunities, such as grand rounds
• Patient, caregiver, or community education programs
• Written educational materials and publications

Guiding principles

• All requests must be submitted via the Blueprint Medicines funding portal
• Funding must be provided without any expectation or receipt of a benefit in exchange, other than corporate recognition
• All requests will be evaluated on individual merits, free from consideration of a prospective recipient’s ability to use, purchase, refer, or recommend any Blueprint Medicines product, or the volume of any past or hoped for future business
• No funding to third-party organizations will be used to induce or reward the recipient for present, past, or future support for Blueprint Medicines or use of Blueprint Medicines products
• Educational grant recipients must provide a budget reconciliation within 60 days after the end date of the educational grant activity for the use of the funds and will be required to return any unused funds or funds not used for the approved educational grant purposes
• Blueprint Medicines personnel may not prepare or assist with grant requests or provide direction about specific content or topics that should be included in a grant request
• Blueprint Medicines will not have any responsibility or control over the agenda, content, faculty, educational methods, materials, and venue

Ineligibility for funding

Funding may not be provided to:

• Individual healthcare professionals
• Organizations that appear on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) debarment lists, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) US Department of Health and Human Services Exclusion List, or US General Services Administration (GSA) Excluded Parties List System (EPL)
• A wholesaler, specialty pharmacy, physician group, or other purchaser (or affiliates thereof) if the funding is offered or made in lieu of a discount or price concession or as part of a contract negotiation or is otherwise determined to be not bona fide

Educational grants may not be provided to:

• Directly reimburse or pay the expenses for an HCP to attend a medical conference or other educational program, unless permitted by applicable law and local or regional codes or standards. Expenses for HCP speakers, faculty, and moderators of a medical education program may be included in the funding, but Blueprint Medicines may never directly pay an individual HCP or reimburse the HCP’s costs separate and apart from the educational grant
• Support capital or building expenses, personal development (eg, leadership training, practice management training), or to support sports- or entertainment-related activities
• Directly fund meals at CME events. However, a CME provider may, at its own discretion, apply the financial support provided for a CME event to provide meals for all participants
• A third party that is not the approved grant recipient

Areas of interest

Systemic mastocytosis (SM)

• Recognizing signs and symptoms of SM
• Screening and diagnosis of SM, including accurate subtyping
• New therapies and treatment options in SM, particularly ISM and mast cell-related diseases
• Treatment algorithms in SM, with particular interest in treatment guidance for patients with SM-AHN
• Patient management considerations in treating SM
• Cross-specialty SM-related educational programs reaching allergists, dermatologists, and other non-oncology specialties

To apply, please submit your request via the Blueprint Medicines funding portal.