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At one time or another, we have all been in a hospital or healthcare facility -- to provide
love and support to a parent, grandparent, child or friend.
Or maybe we've been there as a patient -- putting our health and trust in the hands of a nurse
or doctor.
As CEO of a company who supplies these talented people with medicines, technology and equipment,
I take this charge seriously.
Our affordable, high quality drugs and devices are on virtually every hospital floor in America--surrounding
the patient in the hospital bed.
Hospitals and patients are the center of our universe.
And through our broad portfolio, we touch many patients...
The child battling leukemia...
The mother fighting breast cancer...
The grandfather requiring life-saving surgery...
Our role in healthcare is unique--we produce the drug therapies as well as the technology
that administers these drugs to patients.
Every product we create touches a life directly.
Most every patient, at some time or another, uses a Hospira product.
That's a major responsibility.
As CEO, I am leading our effort to expand production of even more high-quality, affordable
drugs and to manufacture world-class medical devices.
To that end, we are building one of the world's largest generic injectable plants.
We are adding new state-of-the-art technology to our manufacturing facilities.
We are investing $1 billion today to meet the vital healthcare needs of tomorrow.
Our "patient first" approach placed a priority on the production of medically necessary products,
while also addressing drugs in national shortage.
Through our partnership with the FDA Drug Shortage Program, we've worked to proactively
notify and collaborate with the Agency to mitigate the drug shortage impact.
We have helped to avert the impact of nearly two dozen shortages, and we delivered nearly
half a billion units of product from the drug shortage list in 2012 alone.
Everyone at Hospira knows that our customers--the hospitals, doctors, nurses and pharmacists
who use our products--expect the very best from us.
As CEO, I am focused on getting the very best out of Hospira so that patients can access
our products whenever they need them, and live healthy, fulfilling lives.