Africa Outlook - Issue 63

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PFIZER, DEDICATED TO HELPING SOUTH AFRICANS LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES

Our partnerships At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products. Our global portfolio includes medicines and vaccines as well as many of the world’s best-known consumer health care products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time.

For us, the patient always comes first We are committed to discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative products that may change the outcome of chronic conditions and devastating diseases. Our vast portfolio of trusted, quality medicines helps people at every stage of life – from prevention to treatment to wellness. Thanks to the breadth and depth of our global reach and capabilities, we are able to anticipate customer and patient needs and make a meaningful contribution to improving global health. Our Innovation

Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, we have worked to make a difference for all who rely on us.

Research and development (R & D) is at the heart of fulfilling our purpose to help people live healthier lives. Innovation is also the key to sustaining our growth and profitability. As such, the quest for innovative solutions invigorates the Pfizer community worldwide and we have more than 200 new R&D collaborations active worldwide.

Pfizer works closely with stakeholders and healthcare professionals across the healthcare sector, as well as with government on key issues impacting the pharmaceutical industry. We are committed to making a difference and build partnerships in communities to strengthen health systems, increase access to our medicines, and find sustainable solutions to the health challenges of today, and tomorrow. Our communities At Pfizer we have a proud tradition of ensuring that the communities in which we live and work benefit from our investment through unique partnerships. Throughout the world, Pfizer contributes to local charitable programmes that provide health care in poor urban and rural areas; and we support our communities’ most vulnerable members, including children, women and the elderly. Pfizer’s corporate responsibility activities are focused on investing the full range of our resources - people, skills, expertise and funding - to broaden access to medicines and strengthen healthcare delivery for underserved people around the world.


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