ANNUAL REPORT 2021
LUNDBECK
ANNUAL REPORT 2021
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STRATEGY UPDATE
Since launching our Expand and Invest
to Grow strategy in 2019, we continue
to make strong progress, fueled by our
purpose, to restore brain health so
every person can be their best.
DELIVERING ON OUR PROMISES
We have taken significant strides to expand our operating space
through the acquisitions of Abide and Alder in 2019, which gave
us the platforms needed to expand our areas of focus in
neuroscience. With the 2020 launch of VyeptiⓇ in the U.S. and
the global roll-out which was initiated in 2021, we are beginning
to establish a new frontier in migraine prevention and expanding
our presence into protein-based therapies. Furthermore, we are
continuously expanding our existing portfolio of medicines into
new markets.
The changes we made to how we approach R&D enables us to
de-risk our internal pipeline compounds in early development.
We utilize an experimental medicine approach to identify the
effects of a drug in carefully selected patient populations, to find
the most efficient clinical pathway powered by biomarkers and
study designs and advance the most promising drug candidates
into full development.
The geographical expansion of VyeptiⓇ and the continuing
efforts to grow and expand BrintellixⓇ/Trintellix®, RexultiⓇ/RxultiⓇ
and Abilify MaintenaⓇ, along with several other life cycle
management projects, are all crucial to our future.
We have made choices on where to accelerate and enhance
the use of digital within our operations and R&D. Also, we have
taken steps to fortify our winning culture with increased agility,
collaboration, diversity and inclusion. These are just a few of the
many actions that are helping us deliver on the promise of our
strategy to yield sustainable, long-term profitable growth.
CREATING VALUE THROUGH OUR UNIQUE POSITION
Our goal continues to be providing innovative treatments for
patients that create value for Lundbeck. Achieving our fullest
potential as a mid-size, highly specialized pharmaceutical
company requires that we thoughtfully concentrate our efforts
where we can make the most difference for patients.
While we maximize the great medicines and brands that we
already have, we simultaneously focus on growing our pipeline
with treatments for brain diseases for which there are few, if
any, treatment options. We operate within niche diseases
affecting subpopulations of people where there is a high, unmet
medical need. By focusing on niche and rare disease neurology
and psychiatry indications, we can best take advantage of our
size and strong relationships with specialist healthcare providers
to deliver powerful solutions to challenging diseases.
We currently promote medicines that, in some countries, both
primary care physicians and specialists treat. We will continue
to promote these excellent medicines, working with our
partners to reach these larger numbers of physicians.
Just as important to growing our pipeline and selling our
medicines, is the manufacturing of our medicines, whether
internally or via external contract manufacturing. We have
strong internal capabilities within small and large molecules to
support our R&D pipeline, including monoclonal antibody
design, process and formulation development capabilities, as
well as end-to-end internal small molecule manufacturing
facilities.
Our three priorities across Production, Development & Supply
remain quality, reliability and cost. We have a robust track-
record on all three parameters and ambitious goals to
continuously improve performance with a strong focus on
operational excellence and sustainable sourcing.
We aim to build on what we have achieved and capitalize
further on the strong fundamentals that are deeply ingrained in
Lundbeck; our rich heritage of developing and producing life-
changing treatments for patients, our deep scientific knowledge
in psychiatry and neurology and our patient-centric mindset. We
will focus on embracing new biologies and technologies,
adjusting and learning as we forge ahead.View entire presentation