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We believe green spaces are good for our health and wellness and for a healthy environment. |
We believe that investing in scientific talent, including enhancing access and equity for underserved students, is an investment in our collective future. |
These young scientists are the innovators who will solve some of the greatest challenges facing society, such as climate change, human health and world hunger. |
Expose We are focused on increasing young peoples’ awareness, access and exposure to programs that spark interest in science. |
Amplifying our efforts, in December we were proud to expand our partnership with the Society to become the new title sponsor of the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college science and engineering competition, with a commitment of approximately $24 million over five years. |
Winners from more than high school science fairs around the world earn the right to compete at Regeneron ISEF, where some 2,000 finalists, half of whom are young female scientists, compete for nearly $5 million in awards, prizes and scholarships. |
We support science research education initiatives for students in underserved communities, such as our four-year, $Partner in Education (YPIE) to develop the Regeneron Science Research program (formerly STEM Research Institute). |
Regeneron High School Research Teachers Conference Every year, our partner, the Society for Science & the Public, welcomes science research teachers to its professional development conference. |
Now in its sixth year, the Fellowship is a grass-roots education initiative that addresses the need to train secondary science teachers in STEM teaching methods, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and professional research practices. |
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Ana Humphrey, an Alexandria, Virginia, took home the top award in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a program of the Society for Science & the Public, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. |
Now in our third year, Regeneron has committed $over ten years to sponsor the Science Talent Search, following previous title sponsors Westinghouse and Intel. |
Ana was among the were honored at the Regeneron Science Talent Search awards gala. |
on the Civic which recognizes the most community-minded companies in the U.S. |
In donated more than 27,800 hours to local non-profit organizations through our volunteer programs. |
This is in the top-quartile of corporate volunteer participation rates, and well above the according to the Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose 2019 benchmarking study. |
We use leading strategies to actively engage employees in our community efforts. |
We enlist the support and championship of employee ambassadors to help drive recruitment and promote volunteer activities year-round and on our annual day of service, Day for Doing Good. |
We also mobilize our leaders to encourage their departments to volunteer to foster camaraderie and help with team building. |
As we grow, we are intent on keeping our employees engaged by building a consistent volunteer and giving experience that prioritizes choice and convenience with numerous options for volunteering with and donating to the nonprofits they care about most. |
“WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH REGENERON ON THEIR ANNUAL DAY FOR DOING GOOD AS WE’VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THEY’RE MAKING ON THE COMMUNITY. |
VTO provides all eligible full-time employees the opportunity to volunteer with an eligible non-profit organization up to eight hours per calendar year during regularly scheduled work hours. |
VTO encourages colleagues to volunteer on their terms — no matter when or how they choose to serve. |
Today, we continue to keep patients at the center of all we do – they are our Guiding Star – as we also embrace corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a manner that embodies our mission, while providing value for all of our stakeholders. |
We engaged dozens of perspectives in that process, including those from patient organizations, employees, investors, former regulators, community groups, environmental NGOs, recruitment firms and research organizations. |
, Alexion has worked to transform the lives of people living with rare and devastating diseases through the development and delivery of innovative medicines, supportive technologies and healthcare services. |
Each relapse of the disorder results in a stepwise accumulation of disability, including blindness and paralysis, and sometimes premature death. |
We urgently seek to understand patient journeys, find answers, and collaborate to deliver access to therapies that change lives. |
At Alexion, we take a comprehensive view of CSR, which encompasses environmental, social and governance topics that impact our business and our stakeholders. |
Recognizing the importance of corporate social responsibility at Alexion, we are pleased to publish Alexion’s first CSR report. |
Patient organizations, investors, former regulators, community groups, environmental NGOs, recruitment f irms and research organizations were engaged to prioritize the topics. |
well-being of our company and our many stakeholders. |
The mission of the recently formed Alexion Charitable Foundation is to offer promise and cultivate a sense of belonging – particularly for people affected by a rare disease – through initiatives that advance emotional well-being, educational opportunities and economic relief. |
education and job skills support, and help alleviate some key economic burdens. |
Alexion community partner URU, The Right to Be, Inc. debuts their "You Can't Be What You Can't See" virtual reality learning experience at URU's Changing the Face of STEM initiative in Dallas, Texas. |
Mental health counseling: Connecting the rare disease community with mental health professionals, supporting mental health tracks at conferences and providing conference tuition assistance. |
• Education and job skills: Supporting educational needs for school-age children and young adults, and career reskilling for newly diagnosed adults in the rare community. |
to organizations in the communities where Alexion has a major presence, but without the strict requirement of benefiting the rare disease community. |
Advancing emotional well-being through mental health and other social services. |
• Advancing educational opportunities through basic education, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, job readiness and other skills. |
• Advancing the cause of diversity and inclusion in society and critical institutions. |
Alexion’s Corporate Giving mission is to positively impact our local communities — with a particular focus on people who are disadvantaged or disenfranchised — through initiatives that advance emotional well-being, provide educational opportunities and promote diversity and inclusion in society and critical institutions. |
To align our employee volunteer efforts with our broader philanthropic strategy, we developed a formal Global Volunteer Policy in 2019. |
Global Day of Service is Alexion’s annual companywide volunteer campaign. |
We also became a founding member of Life Science Cares, a collective industry effort to help address the impact of poverty and inequality in Greater Boston. |
The program matches volunteer employees from partner companies with middle-school students in Boston Public Schools. |
From my perspective, working for a company that supports society beyond its customers means working for a company that shares my values. |
our commitment to environmental stewardship and the health and safety of our colleagues and communities. |
Every day we urgently seek to understand patient journeys, find answers and collaborate to deliver access to therapies that can change the lives of people living with rare diseases. |
Alexion’s vision is to continuously raise the bar to deliver on patient expectations with solutions designed for them as people – meaning we want to take the time to understand their social and emotional lives, as well as their medical condition. |
As part of our ULTOMIRIS® (ravulizumab- cwvz) subcutaneous program, we collected patient feedback on the device used in the program to understand human factors, appeal and convenience. |
and provides an opportunity for idea sharing and internal knowledge building, while protecting individual privacy. |
about their disease by providing patient support programs that help people living with a rare disease to better manage their symptoms, understand their treatment and improve their overall health. |
The Global Access to Medicines (GATM) program provides eligible patients outside of the U.S. with an option to apply for access to our medicines at no cost under certain circumstances. |
This includes listening and learning to better understand rare diseases, improving patient care and enhancing patient access to innovative therapies. |
STRATEGY Alexion’s Global Medical Affairs and Health Economics team integrates a suite of experts who help optimize access, health outcomes and patient experiences by engaging various members of the medical community throughout the patient journey to better understand their pain points and value drivers. |
The team is dedicated to advancing patient safety and complying with global regulatory requirements. |
| 32 WE AIM TO ATTRACT TALENT at Alexion that is inspired by our mission and challenged by our work to transform the lives of people affected by rare and devastating diseases. |
OUR EMPLOYEES Breakthrough innovations require purposedriven, high-performing talent. |
Equipping and empowering our leaders to take accountability for shaping our environment. |
Our executive team is majority female and represents multiple ethnicities. |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors instituted a policy stipulating that gender and ethnically diverse candidates must be included in its pool of candidates for any open director positions. |
In June, we hosted Pride @ College Park, featuring seven events celebrating the LGBTQ+ community over seven days. |
an initiative that aims to provide equitable access to quality internships for college students of color and from nontraditional backgrounds. |
future of the healthcare industry more broadly, depends on developing an extraordinary talent pipeline. |
University Outreach and Internships – Alexion offers a chance for students to build on their education at one of the fastest-growing biopharmaceutical companies. |
Fellowship Programs – Alexion, in collaboration with Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University, offers two unique postdoctoral fellowship programs within our Global Medical Affairs group. |
Protecting the health and safety of our colleagues and communities where we operate is essential in living our corporate values. |
This section focuses on occupational health and safety. |
Site leaders, in collaboration with global and local EHS teams, are responsible for routinely identifying and having access to applicable health and safety legal requirements and implementing compliance systems consistent with applicable legal requirements and the standards outlined in our EHS policy. |
Our safety comment program encourages employees to report all potential and actual risks and incidents. |
Every safety comment is tracked, investigated and corrected. |
Employees’ candid feedback is always valued and sites around the world regularly reward workers who provide impactful safety comments with incentives like special parking spots, gift cards and other recognitions. |
In second highest honor at the National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) Safety awards. |
The awards recognize how organizations manage health and safety at work. |
to employee health and safety, in concert with our speak-up culture. |
arise from EHS incidents and encouraging employees to submit comments on safety topics. |
Each challenge was modeled after one of the three core elements of a successful health and safety program: Management Leadership, Worker Participation and Finding/Fixing Hazards. |
Safe + Sound is a year-round campaign to encourage every workplace to have a safety and health program. |
This nationwide effort raises awareness of the value of workplace safety and health programs, which can improve businesses’ safety and health performance, save money, and improve competitiveness. |
our COMPANY We work together as a team, respecting and empowering team members, and unlocking value for our stakeholders through the inclusion and diversity of people and ideas, collaboration and continuous learning. |
in the development and recommendation of policies and management systems for environmental, health, safety and social responsibility matters to the Board. |
Plus, our College Park facility received “Best Workplace” from the Fingal Business Excellence and CSR Awards are doing to give back to the community, develop employees, sustain the environment and support patients. |
BRIGHTER FUTURES | 43 In 2012, the 100,000 Genomes Project was established with the lofty goal of sequencing 100,000 whole genomes from samples from patients of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) and combining the information with medical records. |
As one of the first companies allowed access to the project’s data, Alexion has enabled the diagnosis of patients with nephronophthisis (NPH), a life threatening kidney disease that affects about one in every babies and usually results in kidney failure by age 15. |
Qualified investigators can submit a proposal for access to our data and supporting documents to inform their future work. |
Our voluntary data sharing efforts will uphold all regulations to protect patient privacy. |
based compliance program into a robust, control-based program at the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) Compliance & Ethics Institute. |
OUR VENDOR CODE OF CONDUCT In suppliers in 2020. |
All suppliers are required to read and acknowledge the Vendor Code of Conduct, which aims to ensure our suppliers share our commitment of high ethical standards and compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and other legal requirements in every country in which they operate. |
Topics include anti-bribery/anti-corruption, privacy, animal welfare, fair labor and hiring practices, and environmental, health and safety. |
Alexion strives to work with small businesses and small disadvantaged, women-owned and veteranowned small businesses where we are able. |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter governance body The Board receives education on a variety of topics, including CSR and governance. |
MARKET PRESENCE Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage Alexion operates in multiple locales and jurisdictions that have varying minimum-wage requirements, but employees’ starting salaries are typically well above applicable minimumwage requirements. |
LOCAL COMMUNITIES Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs Alexion participates in community engagement, impact assessments and development programs at the local level, based on local needs. |
CUSTOMER HEALTH AND SAFETY Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product and service categories Patient safety is critical to Alexion. |
We continually collect and analyze safety information on our medicines from many sources in a timely manner, and we work to ensure that patients, health care professionals and regulators have an optimal understanding of the benefits and risks of our medicines. |
We are committed to regularly communicating to health care professionals and patients to help them make informed treatment choices. |
Incidents of noncompliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services During the reporting period, Alexion identified no new incidents of noncompliance with regulations concerning the health and safety impacts of Alexion products and services that rose to the level of materiality that would have required disclosure in our periodic reports filed with the SEC. |