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Her role catapulted her to fame. Over the past 20 years, Meredith Grey has captured the attention of fans worldwide. However, Pompeo took a step back this season from the role appearing in only eight episodes. This upcoming February, her farewell episode will air. Although she will remain a producer on the show, her focus will be on other productions and BETR.
Pompeo’s fame has provided her with a platform to share and engage in ideas that matter. The more she and her cofounders learned about the inequalities in healthcare, the more they wanted to be a part of the solution. They started with the simple question, “What can we do?” The cofounders knew they couldn’t compete with big pharmaceutical companies, so they looked at a giveback component to their business model. Through research, they met the cofounder of SIRUM, Kiah Williams. Incubated at Stanford University, SIRUM leverages the power of technology to save medicine to save lives. BETR partnered with the non-profit to help support the redistribution of medication, both over-the-counter and prescription, to charitable pharmacies around the country....