MYLAN

 Mylan is an international healthcare firm with a focus on producing medicines that are of high quality and to everybody that needs them. The firm has a long history and heritage of offering generic pharmaceuticals and championing improved healthcare globally. The mission of the firm is, therefore, a commitment to setting healthcare standards and combining efforts globally to offer the entire population medicine that are of high quality (Mylan, 2017). This involves innovation to cater for unmet health needs, embracing a habit of service excellence and reliability, doing the right thing and influencing future health outcome through global leadership.  The mission of the firm involves unlocking extra value first for patients, then shareholders and employees and being a global leader on the same.  The values of the company are ingrained in the company’s code of ethics which comprises of innovation, integrity, reliability, teamwork and service (Mylan, 2017).

 In line with its values, the firm has involved in various activities aimed at improving community health. For instance the firm has a program where patient safety measures are complemented by providing support and in formation in different languages. All the partners that undertake to storing and distribution of the products of the firm have to comply with the acceptable distribution practices. In the efforts to provide quality medicine and health care the firm’s role extend beyond offering affordable medicine (Mylan, 2017). For instance, the firm works in collaboration with civil society and non-profit organizations in implementation of HIV-treatment programs and stems its effects.  However, the firm under the leadership of Heather Bresch has been involved in a controversy of overcharging Medicaid for EpiPen, an allergy medicine. This goes against its mission of offering affordable care to all people (Weintraub, 2016).

Culture refers to a firm’s shared beliefs, but climate refers to shared attitudes or perception especially in relation to employee engagement.  The culture for Mylan is a commitment among every member to offer high quality medicine, through teamwork and collaboration. The climate relates to embracing and challenging every employee in the team to take charge of implementing change and moving away from status quo (Mylan, 2017). These aspects are important to a leader since providing quality care requires the involved of all members of the organization who are driven by a common purpose.

References

Mylan , (2017).Corporate Governance. Retrieved from: http://www.mylan.com/en/company/corporate-policy