Shubham Patil Harsh Gandhi

M2022099 M2022015

Indian Company- Cipla Ltd.

Foreign Company- Pfizer

Cipla Ltd.
CSR activities and Ethical Conduct
Cipla’s CSR Activities include notable work hey we fields of health, education, skilling, and disaster
response.

o Health
Palliative Care and Training Center in Pune provides free-of-cost care to patients with
terminal illnesses, especially advanced cancer. Moral support is also providing to the
patients and their relatives. This activity was continued with appropriate measures during
COVID19 times.
Training for Palliative Care professionals is also provided.
Cipla took efforts to bring together institutions and conduct public research on Respiratory
Health.
o Education
Mobile Science Labs is an initiative by Cipla wherein vans equipped with over 10 science
models go to remote schools.
ECDs or Early Childhood Development Centers in India and South Africa are supported by
Cipla. They provide education and nutrition to children in the age-group of 3-6.
Support to schools neat Cipla facilities with promotion of digital literacy.
o Skilling
Cipla supports The Ambuja Manovikas Kendra, a Skills Development & Rehabilitation Centre
which helps to impart relevant vocational skills to persons with disabilities. They also create
awareness about jobs for PWDs.
Partnering with Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Cipla provides opportunities
to youth to learn technical and functional skills.
o Disaster management
Cipla extends immediate support in the form of hygiene kits, ration, tarpaulin and
medicines to communities affected by disasters.

Cipla has a very sound code of conduct on matters ranging from Insider Trading to Employee
welfare to Investors’ welfare. It seems that respect towards ethics is a part of their company
philosophy as not many cases of misconduct have been reported.

Cipla even has a really good whistle-blower policy in place .

Problems

The above information might paint a really good picture of the company but there is an unethical
side to it.

There are a couple of cases which are as follows:

In August 2007, Cipla launched an emergency contraception drug "i-pill" sold over the

counter, which was controversial with regard to its being available without a prescription and the
large amount of drug contained per dose.

Cipla is also infamous for reverse-engineering patented drugs to make cheaper generic counterparts
which may be actually good thing, but infringement of patents is unethical. Behind a façade of
humanitarianism, they have earned a lot of fortune by breaching patent laws.

In the late 1960s, Cipla began manufacturing a new, patented drug, propranolol, without the
permission of the drug's patent holder, which protested to the Indian government. The CEO of Cipla
reached the government of Indira Gandhi to change India's patent laws to eliminate patents that
directly covered drugs, and instead to allow only patents that covered methods to make drugs. so
that Cipla could go ahead and produce as many low-priced generic drugs for the poor as possible.
Since then Cipla has also produced a low-cost drug to treat HIV and expanded operations into
several developing countries, including African nations, where most HIV and poor patients existed at
one time. But the changes made led to criticism of both India's patent laws and Cipla. This might
seem philanthropic, but it cannot be denied that Cipla infringed patents.

Pfizer
Code of conducts

1.Act with integrity

 We live our values and all are responsible

2.Courage

 We speak up, Keep open doors, and do not retaliate

 We raise concerns
 Ways for you to speak up

3.Excellence

 For our patients

 With our product and product development
 In how we conduct our business
 In following the letter and spirit of laws

4.Equity and joy

 We respect human rights

 We prioritize health and safety and protect the environment
  We support the communities in which we work
 We Embrace diversity, Equity and inclusion
 We do not tolerate Discrimination, harassment and retialiation.

Our Purpose

Commitement to global health

International Trachoma Initiative: The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) is housed at The Task
Force for Global Health, an independent not-for-profit, through which the ITI manages Pfizer’s
donation of Zithromax® (azithromycin), the antibiotic used to treat trachoma in certain countries.
The ITI also provides support to national ministries of health and governmental and non-
governmental organizations to implement a comprehensive approach to fight trachoma.

Pfizer Rxpathways: For more than 30 years, we’ve helped U.S. patients in need get access to their
Pfizer medicines. Today, Pfizer RxPathways® connects eligible U.S. patients to a range of Pfizer
assistance programs that provide insurance support, co-pay help, and medicines for free or at a
savings.

Multicultural Health Equity Collective:The Pfizer Multicultural Health Equity Collective (MHEC)
focuses on helping to improve health equity across ethnic groups and other underrepresented
communities facing significant health disparities.

Pfizer Naloxone Access Program: For more than 30 years, Pfizer has developed and implemented a
variety of innovative public-private partnerships designed to address unmet medical needs and
global public health issues. Today we operate several patient assistance programs that expand
access to potentially lifesaving medicines and provide educational resources for patients and
physicians.

The Gavi Alliance: In 2009, Pfizer became one of the first companies to participate in the Advance
Market Commitment (AMC), a pioneering partnership between Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, and donor governments to make vaccines available to infants and
children in least-developed countries. Further, Pfizer partnered with Gavi and UNICEF to provide
humanitarian relief to Rwanda and Gambia, enabling these governments to launch an additional
national immunization program.

Strengthening Health Systems :

Innovation in Medicine Delivery: We are helping support the Government of Ghana in establishing a
medical drone delivery system to ensure access to crucial health products in some of the nation’s
most rural areas.

The Pfizer Foundation:A charitable organization founded by Pfizer Inc., the Foundation provides
funding and resources to support programs that nurture science and innovation, reduce the threat
of disease, strengthen healthcare capacity, ensure access to quality care, address immediate disaster
and humanitarian health needs, and enhance the community involvement of Pfizer colleagues. The
impact of these programs is significant and far-reaching, impacting millions of people around the
globe annually.

 Grants & Investments

  Catalyzing Health Delivery and Social Innovation (Global Health Innovation Grants) 
 Supporting Women and Children’s Health Initiatives (Healthy Families, Healthy Futures
Grants)
 Reducing the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
 Addressing Immediate Health Needs in Disaster and Humanitarian Settings
 Supporting the Philanthropic Work of Our Colleagues

Advancing health equity and social justice through community investment:

The Pfizer Foundation and Pfizer Inc. Help Champion African American Health and Social Justice
Causes in the US: At Pfizer, we are committed to advancing health equity by working with partners
who share our vision in creating access to quality care for all. Pfizer and The Pfizer Foundation are
supporting mission-driven organizations across the US that are working at the community-level to
address social determinants of health and social justice issues, creating long-term social impact.
Providing Disaster and Humanitarian Relief: Recognizing the critical need in settings
requiring relief and emergency humanitarian assistance, Pfizer has a three part
approach: cash grants, product donations and other access solutions.
 Cash Grants: In an effort to reach as many people as possible, we support a number of
organizations working on providing relief and emergency humanitarian assistance. 
 Product Donations: Pfizer believes that product donations play an important role in
supporting defined public health programs and also urgent needs in relief and humanitarian
emergencies.
 Innovative Access Solutions for Humanitarian Organizations: When crises unfold, Pfizer aims
to work closely with governments around the world and NGOs to help provide countries
with access to our vaccines.

 Problems

1.Pfizer accused of testing new drug without ethical approval :

An official inquiry has been set up into allegations that the drug manufacturer Pfizer did not
obtain official approval before testing a new drug on children during a meningitis epidemic in
Nigeria five years ago.

2.Pfizer Agrees to $2.3B Settlement for Illegal Marketing Practices:

Lavish Trips for Prescribing Doctors: Part of Pfizer's marketing campaign included lavish
"consultant meetings" in exotic locations that physicians were paid up to $1,500 to attend, in the
hopes that they might increase the number of prescriptions they wrote, according to a lawsuit
filed by John Kopchinski, a former Pfizer sales representative.

3.Protonix:
People are suing Pfizer over Protonix. Protonix lawsuits say Pfizer failed to warn about the risk of
kidney problems. In 2013, Pfizer agreed to pay $55 million to settle criminal charges. The U.S.
Department of Justice said Wyeth promoted Protonix for unapproved uses in 2000 and 2001.
Pfizer acquired Wyeth in 2009.
 4.Prempro:
Nearly 10,000 women filed Prempro breast cancer lawsuits against Pfizer. By 2012, Pfizer settled
most of the claims for more than $1 billion.

Cipla Ltd.

Practices that can be performed:

 Education
 Skilling

Practices that can be avoided:

 Drugs using without permission.

 Patent Infringement

Pfizer

Practices that can be performed:

 Strengthening the Health System

 Advancing Health Equity and social justice through Community Investment.

Practices that can be avoided:

 Commitment to global health

 Illegal Marketing Practices.

Comparison:

Cipla and Pfizer both follows ethics and do many activities related to social responsibility.

Both companies provide health care facilities free of cost to certain extent as part of social
responsibility while Cipla is providing free treatment to State level while Pfizer provides free
medicine on Global level in Different countries.

Cipla is providing free education and nutrition to small childrens in remote areas while Pfizer is
taking direct participation in education programs but the support such organizations.

Cipla & Pfizer both supports different institutes providing skills development.

Both companies take active part during the time of disaster Cipla provides medicine, rations etc to
disaster affected communities while Pfizer supports to disaster affected communities by providing
medicines and donations to NGOs and Government.

Cipla is accused of Launching Drugs without permission form Patent drug holder while Pfizer is
accused of testing drugs without permission.

Both Companies were accused of having drug overdose in Medicines.

Pfizer is accused of unethical Marketing Practices.