Mission
Bend Biomedical is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit global health pharmaceutical company dedicated to making high-quality, affordable medicines accessible to underserved populations worldwide.
We prioritize preventable or curable diseases that cause a substantial burden of illness, disability, or death, particularly among children and other vulnerable populations.
Our pharmaceutical priorities are organized into two categories:
1. Treatment Gap Medicines
Medicines already manufactured and donated at scale by pharmaceutical companies, but for which significant treatment gaps persist because existing donation programs do not reach everyone who needs treatment.
* Albendazole
* Azithromycin
* Diethylcarbamazine
* Ivermectin
* Praziquantel
2. Neglected Need Medicines
Medicines needed to prevent or treat serious diseases and nutritional deficiencies for which commercial incentives are insufficient to ensure adequate availability, affordability, formulation, or supply.
* Benzathine Penicillin
* Benznidazole
* Iron, Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, and Zinc
* Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)
* Vitamin A
Primary Disease Targets
Our current disease and health priorities include:
* Chagas Disease
* Congenital Syphilis
* Diarrhea
* Female Genital Schistosomiasis
* Lymphatic Filariasis
* Neural Tube Defects
* Onchocerciasis
* Oral Clefts
* Severe Scabies
* Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections
* Under-Five Mortality
* Vitamin A Deficiency
* Yaws
Standardized Field Medical Kits
In addition to pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, Bend Biomedical aims to provide affordable, standardized medical kits for:
* Midwifery and maternal care
* Primary healthcare
* Emergency care
These kits will contain essential medicines, medical supplies, diagnostics, and equipment needed to deliver basic healthcare in resource-limited settings.
Our goal is to make reliable, standardized medical resources available to healthcare workers serving communities with limited infrastructure and access to medical supplies.
Global Health Informatics
We are developing custom health informatics solutions to track the availability, location, demand, and distribution of essential medicines and medical resources.
These systems are intended to help governments, NGOs, manufacturers, and healthcare providers identify shortages, recognize treatment gaps, coordinate supplies, and direct resources where they are needed most.
Our Nonprofit Business Model
Unlike conventional for-profit pharmaceutical manufacturers, Bend Biomedical’s objective is not to maximize profits. Our goal is to operate sustainably and break even while maximizing public health impact.
We envision a sliding-scale pricing model that allows us to supply medicines and medical resources to countries, healthcare organizations, and NGOs according to their ability to pay. Ability to pay should not determine whether a population has access to essential treatment.
We prioritize preventable or curable diseases that cause a substantial burden of illness, disability, or death, particularly among children and other vulnerable populations.
Our pharmaceutical priorities are organized into two categories:
1. Treatment Gap Medicines
Medicines already manufactured and donated at scale by pharmaceutical companies, but for which significant treatment gaps persist because existing donation programs do not reach everyone who needs treatment.
* Albendazole
* Azithromycin
* Diethylcarbamazine
* Ivermectin
* Praziquantel
2. Neglected Need Medicines
Medicines needed to prevent or treat serious diseases and nutritional deficiencies for which commercial incentives are insufficient to ensure adequate availability, affordability, formulation, or supply.
* Benzathine Penicillin
* Benznidazole
* Iron, Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, and Zinc
* Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)
* Vitamin A
Primary Disease Targets
Our current disease and health priorities include:
* Chagas Disease
* Congenital Syphilis
* Diarrhea
* Female Genital Schistosomiasis
* Lymphatic Filariasis
* Neural Tube Defects
* Onchocerciasis
* Oral Clefts
* Severe Scabies
* Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections
* Under-Five Mortality
* Vitamin A Deficiency
* Yaws
Standardized Field Medical Kits
In addition to pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, Bend Biomedical aims to provide affordable, standardized medical kits for:
* Midwifery and maternal care
* Primary healthcare
* Emergency care
These kits will contain essential medicines, medical supplies, diagnostics, and equipment needed to deliver basic healthcare in resource-limited settings.
Our goal is to make reliable, standardized medical resources available to healthcare workers serving communities with limited infrastructure and access to medical supplies.
Global Health Informatics
We are developing custom health informatics solutions to track the availability, location, demand, and distribution of essential medicines and medical resources.
These systems are intended to help governments, NGOs, manufacturers, and healthcare providers identify shortages, recognize treatment gaps, coordinate supplies, and direct resources where they are needed most.
Our Nonprofit Business Model
Unlike conventional for-profit pharmaceutical manufacturers, Bend Biomedical’s objective is not to maximize profits. Our goal is to operate sustainably and break even while maximizing public health impact.
We envision a sliding-scale pricing model that allows us to supply medicines and medical resources to countries, healthcare organizations, and NGOs according to their ability to pay. Ability to pay should not determine whether a population has access to essential treatment.