What responsibility means to us...
"We recognize that we will not only be judged on what we accomplish, but on the way in which we reach our goals."
Shire is one of the world’s leading specialty biopharmaceutical companies. The unique and often pioneering products we develop help people with life-altering conditions to lead better lives. In many cases this is because the conditions we treat are chronic, symptomatic diseases, where there is an immediate and positive impact from taking the treatment.
Our patients are – and always will be – our first priority. But we have other responsibilities as well: to the specialist physicians who prescribe our treatments, to the health authorities who pay for them and to the policymakers who set the regulatory frameworks within which we operate around the world. They all expect us to behave with the very highest standards of integrity and ethics and that’s exactly as it should be.
This is why ‘Responsibility’ has always been at the heart of what Shire is and what Shire does. It touches every aspect of our business, from the way we develop and market our products, to our relationships with suppliers, to the way we treat our own people.
This is why we have 13 different focus areas for Responsibility, covering both the way we operate day to day and the way we make long-term strategic decisions. All 13 are important to us, but some have a special priority because they relate directly to our patients and their needs. These are:
Conduct and transparency of clinical trials
Product safety and pharmacovigilance
These four areas are specifically linked to the way we plan to grow our business in a responsible and sustainable way:
These three areas are about running a responsible business on a day-to-day basis and the way we manage our relationships with partners and suppliers.
Stewardship of partners and suppliers
These two focus areas cover our Responsibilities to our own people: how we engage with them and ensure their well-being at work.
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Growing Our Business
- We successfully integrated Movetis, a Belgium-based specialty gastrointestinal company.
- We continued our anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance training in all our markets for Shire employees and distribution partners.
- Last year we were part of the US healthcare reform consortium working to promote better access to treatment and safeguard funding for research.
Operating Day-To-Day
- Our new warehouse in Massachusetts is designed to be 30% more energy efficient and 42% more water efficient.
