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Our commitment to philanthropy has been embedded in West’s culture for more than 95 years, and is an integral part of our overall Corporate Responsibility Program. In particular, 2019 was a banner year for philanthropy at West. Our team members closed out the decade with considerable personal investments in both time and resources dedicated to improving their local communities and promoting a healthier world. Our Culture of Giving is a key aspect of the team member experience at all of West’s global sites.
At West, our giving strategy is organized into a charitable giving framework with three pillars:
Corporate giving in the areas of STEM, children and the disabled and healthcare through direct charitable gifts made by West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
The Herman O. West Foundation, an independently managed 501(c)(3) entity which matches team member contributions, provides team member relief and supports scholarships for our team members’ children
West without Borders, our team member-led giving program
The Herman O. West Foundation supports programs like West’s Employee Emergency Fund, which helps team members who are facing financial hardship immediately after a natural disaster or unforeseen personal hardship. In its first year, the West Employee Emergency Fund has provided over 25 hardship grants to team members throughout the world. Our team members have supported each other by donating to this program, and the Herman O. West Foundation has matched these donations 2:1.
West without Borders provides our team members with the opportunity to give back to their communities through donations and volunteerism. Each of our more than 50 sites support charities of their choice, aligned with our corporate giving focus areas. This year, the West without Borders campaign donated over a quarter of a million dollars to global charities. All around the globe, team members donated thousands of hours volunteering at West events and volunteer days.
One major West without Borders campaign is the annual Global Food Drive. For our 2019 campaign, our team members donated an impressive 65,969 pounds of food in just two weeks to local charities and food banks! That’s 9,000 pounds more than our team members gathered the previous year. Some of the deserving recipients of our donations were Singapore Children’s Society (Singapore), Eschweiler Tafel (Germany) and The Salvation Army (United States).
“As 2020 begins, we will continue supporting these charities and uncover new volunteer opportunities for our team members. Together, we are truly making a difference. Thank you to our team members for their enthusiastic support of our philanthropy programs this past year,” shared Laura Pitt, Manager, Community Affairs, Global Communications.Learn more about our team members’ philanthropic efforts in 2019 by watching our “Thank You” video:
For more information about West’s Culture of Giving, please visit the Our Culture of Giving page on our website.
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West without Borders is not affiliated with Doctors Without Borders®, which is a registered service mark of Bureau International de Médecins San Frontières.
We are pleased to announce our recent publication in the November/December 2019 Issue of the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding. In the article “How to Qualify Container Closure Systems, Part 1,” we address how compounding pharmacies (503Bs) can qualify systems for intended use via container closure integrity (CCI) to meet FDA Guidance requirements.<sup>1</sup>
The challenge of assuring integrity of a sterile package is more complicated than many realize. As such, drug formulators in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies often times underestimate the potential impact of the primary packages they select. A critical aspect to understand is container closure integrity (CCI) and leakage (i.e., failure of CCI or package integrity), is a major quality issue for sterile injectable products, as shown below.
Container closure integrity (CCI) is a critical factor every drug manufacturer and compounder is required to achieve. To achieve CCI, one must consider factors such as vial material, blowback, and stopper design. One vital factor – too often an afterthought – is the aluminum seal.
<em>Technical Guideline for Study of Nitrosamine Impurities in Chemical Drugs (Trial)</em> was issued by the China National Medical Products Administration on 8 May 2020. This guideline discusses nitrosamine impurities in drug products, including the sources of nitrosamine impurities and the control strategy. The control strategy is given from the perspectives of the basic concept of control, control limits, establishment of analytical methods, and control of risk throughout the drug product lifecycle.
The purpose of a service dog is to assist and bring joy to someone’s life. To train a service dog is a massive undertaking, with the first year of that training coming in the form of “puppy-in-training.” West volunteers have had the privilege of sharing in the raising of three puppies in training as part of its ongoing commitment to Canine Partners for Life, an organization dedicated to placing service dogs. The most recent of those is an adorable black lab named Cret.