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| GSK Plant Reception Area |
Since 1963 the UK-based company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is one of the largest multinational pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the country. With its challenging and inspiring mission, that is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer, they continuously working to develop and provide innovative medicines that fight disease, vaccines that prevent illness and still searching for tomorrow's cures for unmet medical needs.
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| GSK's Products |
Last Wednesday April 27, 2011, I had a chance to visit the GSK's manufacturing facility located at Don Celso Tuason Avenue, Cainta Rizal and witnessed the GSK's Road To Good Health talk, as they share updates of their commitment too improve good health of the Filipinos. For they believed that every Filipino should have access to quality health care in line with its vision to be the leading provider of quality and affordable healthcare solutions to more Filipinos.
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| Mr. Edgardo Alvinez (Site Technical Director) |
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| Solar Tube installation within GSK's Warehouse |
Right after our breakfast on GSK's company canteen, we entered the meeting room to discussed about
company's products , mission, vision, compliance profile, safety practices, facilty master plan and the installation of solar tubes in warehouse as source of light within.Then my favorite part came into place, the tour around the manufacturing plant, at first we instructed to leave our things unfortunately I could take pictures but sir Dodie served as our photographer inside. Before we entered the premises, we wear a so called sanitation suit, the staff welcome us and starts to show laboratory for testing chemicals and raw materials. Moreover the production area which mostly are have Airlock rooms which protects user from hazardous materials and prevents intermanation during the operation. They have lots of equipments and machineries that are fully monitored and calibrated periodically, to name some are Indo-Laval (Lemamix) Vacuum mixer,KILIAN 32,Y-cone Blender, Air Filters and many more which are used to mix and manufacture high quality of medicines and vaccines. They even have a so called monitoring wall which they put the or share incidents and priority matters. We even saw the packing and date labeling of Ventolin Capsules, Cortal for Hongkong consumption, Calpol and Astring-O-Sol.Then we went back to the conference room to have our Flu vaccination for free yeayy.Thank you GSK.
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| GSK's Flu Vaccine (1,500Php) |
Then we had our lunch at Laya Personal Dining inside the Pinto Art Gallery located at Antipolo City which i'll make a separate blog about it because the place is so earthly unique. So after our healthy lunch the talk started by the PMA President Dr.Oscar Tinio about the ethical practices, prescription law and the importance of good and quality healthcare, then Ms Daisy Cembrano GSK's VP for Government and External Affairs talked about how pharmaceutical company's prolonged life and GSK's milestones through out the years by offering the reduction of their innovator brands by 30-50%, Value Health Program and researching new ways to do more for Filipino people. Added to that is a video from DOH Representative, which discussed about PhilHealth and how GSK trying to collaborate with the government on achieving quality medicines within reach. Were so privileged also that the GSK Philippine President and Managing Director Roberto Taboada spoke about the quality and cost of medicines that GSK is offering and the hope to help more Filipinos do more, feel better and live longer.
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| Dr. Oscar Tinio, Ms. Daisy Cembrano & Director Roberto Taboada |
It was an informative and productive day for me, specially for me as a nurse. Can't wait to shared it with my colleagues, family and friends like you. So check-out HERE for you to learn and give information about GSK's products and how they reduces the price and maintain the quality of it as well.
