Farmacias del Ahorro the number one Mexican pharmacy retail chain made a donation to The Andy Fund in the Division of Immunology and to Dr. Raif S. Geha and his expert team or doctors and researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston.
This is the first time in history that a Mexican company participates with the best hospital in the world for children, Children’s Hospital Boston, supporting Dr. Raif S. Geha.
More about Farmacias del Ahorro here.
More about Dr. Raif S. Geha and the Department of Immunology here.
More about The Andy Fund here.
FARMACIAS DEL AHORRO

Founded in 1991, a Mexican corporation founded by Don Maximiliano Leonardo Asturias and with support of the dynamic Lic. Antonio Leonardo Castañon. The company started with 2 pharmacies and 30 people offering variety, service and price. Today with more than 400 locations, Farmacias del Ahorro is without doubt the leading pharmaceutical product retailer in Mexico. For more information about Farmacias del Ahorro visit http://www.fahorro.com.mx
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL BOSTON

Founded in 1869 as a 20-bed hospital for children, Children’s Hospital Boston today is the United States of America leading pediatric medical center, the largest provider of health care to Massachusetts children, and the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. In addition to 325 pediatric and adolescent inpatient beds and comprehensive outpatient programs, Children’s houses the world’s largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries benefit both children and adults. More than 500 scientists, including eight members of the National Academy of Sciences, nine members of the Institute of Medicine and 10 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute comprise Children’s research community. For more information about the hospital visit: www.childrenshospital.org or www.childrenshospital.org/research/
THE ANDY FUND

The impact of the story of a brave boy and his family. Andy was born with in Mexico a primary immune deficiency caused by a mutation on the NEMO gene. The story of his hospitalizations and constant battle against infections, support from his family and friends including fund raising efforts is included at a website created by Andy’s Dad. Thanks to the collaboration of more than 100 doctors and numerous laboratories in the United States and Mexico Andy found his diagnosis at Children’s Hospital Boston. His sister Sofia born March 14th, 2004, donated stem cells from her umbilical cord to save his life. On October 29th, 2004 Andy had a stem cell transplant with stem cells from Sofia. Today Andy has a brand new immune system and as it gets stronger, he lives a normal life. For more information about The Andy Fund visit http://www.andy.org.mx