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Our Vision & Values
Our mission is to develop and market medicines that improve the quality of life for patients and their caregivers. We do so through the following commitments and actions:
- a focus on meeting our commitments and obligations to all of our stakeholders: patients, physicians, employees, shareholders and the communities in which we live and work
- we maintain the highest professional and ethical standards, building value-added relationships with physicians;
- we focus resources and organize our work around select therapeutic areas, as well as seeking to implement effective processes for identifying compounds and optimizing our drug development activities to bring the best drugs to market;
- our approach is to galvanize the entire company around growing our business and executing our strategy, fostering a rewarding and enjoyable workplace for our employees; and
- above all we have an underlying passion for our work
Shire's vision is to consistently be recognized as the leading global company serving specialist physicians and their patients through distinctive medicines and effective education programs.
These are our core values; we regard these as enduring tenets of our business:
- Integrity and Respect - Relationships are the foundation of our business. They are based on unwavering ethics and respect for individuals.
- Customer Focus - We are customer driven, focusing on quality and the needs of both the internal and external customer.
- Global Teamwork - We achieve better outcomes as a team. The entire company is focused on growing our business and executing our strategy as a team.
- Openness and Innovation - We believe that anything is possible and that prudent risks are worth taking.
- Excellence in Execution - Personal ownership and great processes lead to excellence in decision-making and execution.
Shire succeeds because of our people. Through teamwork, commitment, innovative thinking and energy, Shire will continue to grow as a world-class pharmaceutical organization.
