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Since its creation, Medivir has grown from being a small, privately owned research enterprise into a public, listed research and pharmaceutical company with major multinational
partners. This is a result of having long-term institutional shareholders, partnerships, adapting projects to market
conditions and skilled and committed staff.
Medivir’s human resources policy states our values on equality and health, which are brought into practice in our daily operations. Our staff should feel good at work and their workloads should be tailored to allow work and family life to combine.
Medivir’s ethnic diversity is, as it has always been, substantial. We have people from some ten different nations, which has major benefits in contexts including the company’s cross-border collaborations.
Organization and skills
Medivir AB and its subsidiaries Medivir HIV Franchise AB, Medivir Personal AB and Medivir UK Ltd. employed 103 (97) staff in 2008. The skill levels of our employees is high, with 50% (51%) holding Ph.D.s, and three of them being professors. Most staff are researchers. The company possesses the skills to conduct research from early discovery phases in preclinical research through managing clinical trials to registering – and now also marketing – pharmaceuticals.
A broad skills base and short decision-paths through the company help high flexibility, which means that Medivir can quickly realign and change direction on projects where necessary.
Health and working environment
Employees are encouraged to maintain good health. One of several health-related activities where Medivir participated in 2008 was tappa.se, a project where staff used pedometers to measure themselves walking a distance as long as Malmö to Berlin.
Working environment issues, safety consciousness and environmental matters are high priorities, and a constant feature of daily work. Medivir’s environmental policy encourages increased recycling and reduced waste volumes. Safety routines to protect employees and the working environment in research activities are very stringent. Medivir holds regular internal training programs on safety, ergonomics and environmental matters.
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