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Roche Pharma strives to create an ideal workplace

Source: Shanghai Daily | October 30, 2015, Friday | Print Edition

Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is a leader in research-focused healthcare with combined strengths in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Roche’s connection with China dates back to the early 1920s. As one of the affiliates of Roche Group, Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd was founded in 1994, which is now the market leader in key areas of oncology, virology, and transplant. Roche Pharma is one of the first large multinational pharmaceutical companies in China in establishing a complete value chain in pharmaceuticals comprising R&D, manufacturing and marketing. While working to develop itself into Roche’s third global strategic center, Roche Pharma is also making sustained efforts to fulfil its long-term commitment to China.

Through its current portfolio of 16 products, Roche Pharma covers eight treatment areas in China. Roche Pharma works closely with a broad range of stakeholders including the government, healthcare institutions, and NGOs to explore innovative models of cooperation, aiming to bring tangible and sustainable benefits to more patients in China.

A responsible corporate citizen

In the past two decades, Roche Pharma has always been committed to boosting the health of Chinese people and to fulfilling its corporate social responsibility while seeking business growth. Roche has been actively supporting charities with a long-term goal of “giving back to the community.” In major social and natural disasters such as the SARS, earthquakes in Wenchuan, and Ya’an, Sichuan Province, and in Ludian, Yunan Province, as well as explosions in Binhai, Tianjin, Roche Pharma joined hands with a variety of partners to offer humanitarian relief and support. In addition, Roche Pharm has also been actively engaged in helping alleviate poverty, donating money and drugs, supporting education and facilitating environmental protection.

Roche Children’s Walk is a heritage program since the Swiss company first launched the campaign in 2003 to support vulnerable children in underdeveloped regions. Each year on June 16, Roche employees at more than 120 company sites around the world will show their solidarity with children in need by raising funds through sponsored walks. The funds they raise will be used to support and raise awareness for AIDS orphans. In China, Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd has been working with the Chinese Foundation for Prevention of STD and AIDS to help AIDS orphans in Tongren City since 2010. The funds will be used for supportive projects for orphans in Tongren City in Guizhou Province through the Chinese Foundation for Prevention of STD and AIDS. The orphans under the program will receive daily expenses, medial subsidies and other incidental expenditure. “Roche Children’s Walk is one of the most important corporate social responsibility activities in Roche, which is deep inside in Roche’s culture,” said Hong Chow, general manager of Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd. “We hope to raise awareness among a wider audience about AIDS orphans through continued public deeds.”

The best employer

As a world leader in research-focused healthcare, Roche Pharma adheres to the concept of being “people-focused,” helping all employees to feel valued and respected and able to grow to their fullest potential. There is a wholehearted endeavor to make Roche an ideal workplace.

“People are the core of the sustainable development of a company, and we want to attract and retain talents on our way to benefit more Chinese patients,” said Hong Chow. “What we want to create in Roche is a comfortable and inspiring working environment, with rich career development opportunities, great benefit packages and a balance between work and life.”

Employee development is one of Roche’s key approaches to talent attraction and retention. As the most treasured asset of Roche Pharma, staff members are provided with a wide array of career development opportunities, learning methods and programs.

As a world-leading healthcare company, Roche not only devotes to its purpose “doing now what patients need next”, it is also highly attentive to employees’ health and quality of living. A series work-life balance events, such as “Wellbeing,” Family Day, Sports Day, are held annually to help relieve stress and enable staff members to work with lasting enthusiasm.

Furthermore, Roche offers comprehensive benefits and onsite services for its employees, including the healthy lifestyle campaign, professional counseling, annual medical checks, an employee stock purchase plan, canteen, coffee bar, gym, clubs and shuttle buses. Creating a safe, comfortable and inspiring work environment benefits the employees and helps Roche reach its goal of helping more Chinese patients. Roche China is widely recognized by third-party institutions as the “Best Employer.”

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