Topping the Charts

What makes a good pharmaceutical employer? Science asked over 7,000 people this question in its annual ‘Top Employer’ survey to determine the ingredients required for a positive work culture. For 2020, five key characteristics emerged as having significant importance to employees:

• innovative leadership in the industry
• respectful treatment of staff
•  social responsibility
• loyalty
• a work culture that aligns with staff’s personal values

Regeneron ranked top of the opinion poll – a victory that the company’s executive vice-president, Drew Murphy, puts down to a science-first approach. “Our commercial people don’t tell our researchers what to do. The scientists set the agenda. And if you do science the right way, you never really fail. You either succeed or learn something more valuable,” he said in a statement (1).

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