Conducting our business in a responsible manner is an essential part of our strategy. Developing innovative products and maximising access to them provide direct benefit to patients whilst delivering profitable and sustainable business performance. It allows us to generate value that can, on the one hand, be reinvested in the business and, on the other hand, provide wider society benefits, since healthy people and communities are essential to building healthy societies. Gedeon Richter provides significant contributions to communities worldwide  directly through tax payments and charitable activities, and indirectly through the employment of more than 12,000 people.