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About Shire

Shire is a rapidly growing global specialty pharmaceutical company.

The Group has a global sales and marketing infrastructure with a broad portfolio of products and its own direct marketing capability in the US, Canada, UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Shire also covers the other significant pharmaceutical markets indirectly through distributors. Shire's interest in the Pacific Rim is managed through Shire's regional office based in Singapore. M&A activity of the Group during the last ten years has resulted in seven completed mergers and acquisitions.

To enhance the potential for future growth Shire is actively searching to acquire further development projects as well as marketed products and continues to evaluate M&A opportunities that offer a good strategic fit and add shareholder value.

The Shire Mission

Shire's mission is to develop and market medicines that improve the quality of life for patients and their caregivers. We do so through the following commitments and actions:

• A focus on meeting our commitments and obligations to all our stakeholders: patients, physicians, employees, shareholders and the communities in which we live and work.
  
• Maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.
  
• Building value-added relationships with physicians.
  
• Focusing resources and organizing our work around select therapeutic areas
  
• Implementing effective processes for identifying compounds and optimizing our drug development activities to bring the best drugs to market
  
• Galvanizing the entire company around growing our business and executing our strategy
  
• Fostering a rewarding and enjoyable workplace for our employees
  
• An underlying passion for our work