We are part of a worldwide association of independent pharmaceutical companies that have been developing innovative products for over half a century.

Over the years, we have become a world leader in the field of pain control, and we continue to be passionately committed to the fight against chronic pain, constantly striving to improve its treatment and supporting the education of healthcare professionals for the benefit of patients. In recent years, we have started to branch out into other areas of expertise, including oncology and respiratory, with the same innovative spirit that we have applied to our analgesics business. Our approach to business has led to us becoming one of the most successful pharmaceutical companies in the UK.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values and leadership attributes, which are the behavioural parameters within which we all work. Our employees have played, and continue to play, a significant role in developing and shaping our values and leadership attributes. In addition to the values and leadership attributes you might expect for a successful pharmaceutical company, we have a very human side to our expected behaviours because our business has been built around the importance of people and the relationships that we form with them. Our values and leadership attributes are:

• Innovation and intellectual capability
• Passion and drive
• Honesty
• Respect
• Excellent people skills

For the past 3 years, we have entered the Best Companies accreditation scheme and been awarded the maximum 3-star rating. We are also 11th in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work For in the UK, the highest placed pharmaceutical company. As part of our aim to be a great place to work, and our commitment to continual improvement, we use this survey to benchmark our performance in the main areas of employee engagement against the other top companies in the UK.