Atal: Thank you, it means a lot for Zentiva to be shortlisted, as the Global Generics & Biosimilars Awards are so prestigious. It is a great recognition for all our efforts. Our approach is simple. We have a clear strategy and a highly engaged team, with a lot of passion to support Zentiva’s growth ambitions.

Back to the question on COVID, I believe that three elements helped us succeed. First, ensuring supply of medicines, second, providing a safe environment for our employees and partners to operate in, and third, encouraging a mindset that the crisis presented an opportunity for Zentiva to learn and develop as an organization.

Given the rapidly changing environment, our main objective was to ensure that as an organization we are ready to take decisions quickly and change processes and ways of working where required. We actively sought feedback from our employees and set firm commitments to adapt our operating model and support teams where required. As examples, we accelerated our digital change management program, implemented remote working, and refined our supply chain management processes to be able to operate effectively as market demand fluctuated.

Our first priority was to mobilize the team at Zentiva to find ways to help patients. We worked day and night to ensure increased supplies of life-saving medicines like noradrenaline. We developed and launched our own disinfectant, SANICOR, in record time, to curb the spread of the virus. It was clear to all of us that we had a responsibility to serve the people who are dependent on our medicines.

For our own employees, we supported them as much as we could. We rapidly changed working practices, set up accessible testing programs, supported vaccination, and designated our workspace in Romania as a vaccination center. We started health and wellbeing activities for remote workers to encourage our employees and their families to maintain a healthy body and mind.

One of the initiatives I am personally very proud of is #WeHelpOthers. Since 2020 our colleagues have taken time to help others in many ways, including by giving blood, working at food banks, undertaking a range of fundraising initiatives, and volunteering.

Zentiva Prioritizes Patients, People And Sustainable Growth Post-Pandemic

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