Awards
Top rankings
The leading pharmaceutical industry trade publication MedAdNews ranked Shire as the second most admired specialty pharmaceuticals company in the industry, while Management Today named us in the top ten health and household companies in the ‘Britain’s Most Admired Companies’ survey. Shire was also named one of the Top 20 companies to work for in the UK by Pharmaceutical Field magazine.
Gold standard
Shire achieved ‘Gold’ status for the first time in the UK Business in the Community CR index. This assesses the extent to which CR is integrated into business practice throughout the whole organization.
BiTC feedback report 2008 (PDF)
Marketing successes
ELAPRASE won European Marketing Campaign of the Year at the Pharmaceutical Marketing Effectiveness Awards for its ‘Replacing More Than an Enzyme’ campaign. The International Specialty Pharmaceuticals marketing team won European Marketing Company of the Year at the 2008 European PharmaTimes Marketeer of the Year Awards. REMINYL XL™ (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and Republic of Ireland) won the Hospital Direct Mail category of the 2008 UK Pharmaceutical Marketing Awards.
Some of Shire’s ‘Women of Distinction’
Charlotte Sibley, Shire’s SVP of Leadership Development was named one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Women of Distinction for 2008, and ‘Woman of the Year’ by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. Marlene Edmonds, Product Marketing Director for VYVANSE® (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), was named one of the Top 25 Direct-to-Consumer Marketers of the Year by DTC Perspectives Magazine, the leading US publication for consumer marketers in the pharmaceutical industry, and Sylvie Grégoire, President of HGT, was identified as one of Massachusetts’ ‘Women to Watch’ by Mass High Tech, a leading technology publication.
Recognition for Shire’s charitable donations in the Boston area…
Shire was one of the top charitable contributors in Massachusetts in 2008, according to the Boston Business Journal.
…as well as its positive economic impact
Shire won a gold level award from the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development, in recognition of our positive contribution to the local economy.
Prizes in Pennsylvania
Shire was named one of the fastest growing companies in the greater Philadelphia region for the fourth consecutive year in the Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Awards. We were also ranked in the top 25 foreign-owned businesses in the Greater Philadelphia region by the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, and number 22 in the Philadelphia Business Journal’s list of the top corporate charitable donors in the local area. Matt Emmens was also named 2008 CEO of the Year by the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry in Pennsylvania.
Accolades in Italy
Shire Italia for the third year running was named one of the ‘Great Places to Work’ by The Great Place to Work® Institute and featured as one of the 35 best companies to work for in Italy.
‘Hot’ off the press…
The Philadelphia chapter of the Public Relations Society of America gave us their top award—known as a ‘pepperpot’—for our internal communications campaign to launch our intranet site, Orbit.
Responsibility
It’s at the core of everything that we do at Shire. Read about our involvement in our communities, and our initiatives promoting responsibility.
Did you know...
One of our brave employees ran the
London Marathon and raised
around $23,000 for
charity.
