Our mission and values inspire and guide our strategic plans. They are the principles behind our actions, and a means of creating new treatments for patients and value for shareholders.
We therefore devote considerable time in making sure that:
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Our mission statement:
Discoveries for life™. We are committed to bringing novel drugs and innovative new treatments to CNS disorders as rapidly as possible, bringing new hope to the patients and value to our shareholders.
Our values:
Science first, always:
Our commitment to science is fundamental. We look for programmes that represent true scientific innovations breaking new ground in treatment. Using this standard as a development benchmark makes things more challenging, but demonstrates our commitment to pursuing only those opportunities that improve upon current therapies in meaningful ways and represent the best chance of generating significant commercial value.
Create value:
We measure our success by the value we create for patients, caregivers and shareholders. The key to our success is our people and we are grateful for their continued contribution. Their knowledge and expertise is important but it is their passion to make a difference to the lives of people with illness that really counts.
Growth and transformation:
We are dedicated to corporate growth and transformation. We believe that significant value creation opportunities can arise by building critical mass, reducing the cost base, and focusing resources on a more promising pipeline where tough decisions will be taken to ensure that resources are invested in programs with the best change of success.