europeanpharmaceuticalreviewApril 07, 2020
Tag: COVID-19 , Eli Lilly , Merck , Pfizer
Eli Lilly, Merck and Pfizer have announced medical service volunteer programmes to enable employees who are licensed medical professionals to aid in the fight against COVID-19 while maintaining their base pay.
Also, some of these companies are expanding their existing corporate volunteer programmes so that qualified employees who opt to serve can do so for a longer period of time than normally allowed.
"COVID-19 is one of the greatest challenges the global community will ever face and our heroic health care professionals are, unquestionably, on the front lines of that fight," said Kenneth Frazier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Merck. "We are enormously grateful to them all and it is our honour to be able to support our own employee volunteers who are joining them in caring for patients and communities affected by this pandemic."
"At Pfizer, we employ some of the most dedicated and passionate medical professionals who have devoted their lives to combating disease and helping patients," said Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO at Pfizer. "During this unprecedented global health challenge, we are pursuing every option within Pfizer and with external partners to help fight COVID-19. We believe that by unleashing our medical professionals to help relieve some of the burden being felt by hospitals, we can help make a real and important difference."
"Right now the purpose of our industry has never been more clear and vital – to bring the full force of our scientific and medical expertise to attack this pandemic around the world," said David Ricks, Chairman and CEO of Lilly. "We’re honoured to join our industry partners in deploying our expert workforce to help fight the virus and our medical professionals stand ready to volunteer. We’re working together – and with partners around the world – to help our communities weather this storm and come back even stronger."
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