Legacy of Service in the past

1. Our contribution to relief work during calamities:
   1. 1st September 1993
      • Pfizer India rushed antibiotics, vitamins and protein foods for the victims of the earthquake in Latur and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra.
      • A second donation of drugs and protein foods was made to the Health Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra.
      • Yet another contribution of medicines, through our Manufacturing Unit at Ankleshwar, was made in response to the Gujarat FDA.
      • The value of these donations was Rs.200000.
      • Pfizer Inc. offered 300000 vials of Unasyn IM/IV 750 mg, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, and effective against bacteria. Pfizer New York also offered Terracortrial, topical ointment, Vibramycin (useful in epidemics like Cholera) and Bacacil (an oral broad-spectrum antibiotic. The value of these medicines exceeded Rs.15 million ($500000).
      • Pfizer India donated a sum of Rs.500000 to the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Earthquake Relief Fund, in addition to the donation of medicines.
   2. 2nd September 1994
   • Pfizer India donated 1 million capsules of Oxytetracycline to the states most affected by the epidemic of plague, viz. Gujarat and Maharashtra. In addition, some quantity of streptomycin was also airlifted from overseas locations of Pfizer.
   • Pfizer India launched a health education campaign on plague in the form of advertisements in the vernacular press in all the affected states. We also provided posters and distributed handbills in public hospitals and railway stations.
   • Pfizer India set up a Medical Advisory Group in the affected centres where a panel of doctors offered appropriate medical advice to the public.
   3. 3rd October 1996
   • Pfizer India donated 7000 tablets of Vibazine 100 mg to the Regional Medical Research Centre, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, for trials relating to the efficacy of the drug in reducing the mortality of leptospirosis.
2. Pfizer India’s community development activities

   • At the manufacturing facilities located in our country, Pfizer tries to propagate goodwill with the neighbouring communities and alleviate their welfare through a number of activities.
   • The Thane plant in Maharashtra has adopted the nearby Turbe school where it offers scholarships to a number of children who perform well in academics.
   • They also conduct health camps in the surrounding region
   • Healthy baby competitions, deworming campaigns, sports tournaments, typing and tailoring coaching, art and drawing competitions, vocational guidance for ladies, etc. are some of the community initiatives taken by Pfizer India.
   • Previously at our Plant at Ankleshwar, donations were made to the local hospital for the upgradation of its facilities. Pfizer also provided recreational facilities to the employees at Ankleshwar within the Company’s housing complex.
3. Pfizer India’s encouragement to excellence and education
   1. Pfizer Scholarships for Employees' Children.

      In a learning organization such as Pfizer, it is only natural that the employees’ children also have opportunities to forge ahead in their academic pursuits.

      The Scholarships offered by the Company cover studies for
      - Graduation (five-year degree course)
      - Medicine (four-and-half-year degree course)
      - Pharmacy (four-year degree course)
      - Chemical Engineering (four-year-degree course)
      - Engineering (four-year-degree course)

      In addition to the above scholarships, merit awards of Rs.500 each are also given to the children who score distinctions in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)/Secondary School Certificate (SSC)/Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) examinations.

   2. Pfizer India also has "Travel Grant for Post-Graduate Study Abroad" scheme. This scholarship consists of a cash prize of Rs.10000.
4. Pfizer Philanthropy
   1. August 12, 1999: Pfizer Ltd. contributed Rs.11.25 lakhs to the Army Central Welfare Fund for the rehabilitation of the Kargil affected army personnel. This included a donation of one day's wages by the Company's employees. A cheque for this amount was handed over to Brig. Tej Krishen Kaul, Mumbai Sub Area Commander of the Indian Army.
   2. Pfizer donated Rs.20000 for the education of the disabled children at the Dayanand Nilayam Society for Social Development, Kanigiri, and Andhra Pradesh. This Society, started in 1998, works for handicapped and disabled children in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh. The Society helps polio affected children and provides them with educational facilities as also free food, clothes books and medicines. For the past ten years the Society has helped more than 300 children for surgery. Students are also provided vocational training which enables them to become self reliant.
   3. Pfizer regularly provides Becosules capsules to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI). MSSI is a voluntary organization whose mission is to minimize the devastating effects of Multiple Sclerosis on individuals and families. Every month workshops on diet and nutrition are conducted. The other essential service started is regular physiotherapy. There is a big requirement of vitamins, calcium, tonics, etc. The Company has contributed about 10,000 capsules of Becosules which were found to be very useful.
   4. Alert India An association for leprosy education, rehabilitation and treatment. Though the overall prevalence has declined, the incidence of new cases would take a long time before it starts declining. Pfizer donated 50,000 capsules of Becosules which forms a part of the treatment along with appropriate anti leprosy treatment.
   5. Pfizer had donated 25,000 capsules of Becosules in August 1998 for the flood affected victims in Deoria district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in North India .
   6. The Hunger Project. A wide ranging NGO in India , encompassing more than 1,000 villages across 11 states of the country that comprise 80% of the population. Pfizer sent 12,000 capsules of Becosules which were very useful for the flood affected people of Gorakhpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in North India .
   7. Indian Leprosy Foundation. A registered body had organized a Citizens' reach out programme to help patients of leprosy. Pfizer had donated 15,000 tablets of Isoniazid (100mg) which is an essential part of the treatment .
   8. Aasara A registered body which tries to improve the lot of young children. Pfizer India contributed Becosules capsules, cough syrup Corex and Protinex.
   9. Pfizer provided antibiotics, B complex capsules & syrup, cough syrup, and anti amoebic drug to Apnalaya, which is a non governmental voluntary organization that has been working in community development, education and health in the slums of Mumbai for 25 years. Apnalaya has seven community centres situated in slum areas and all these centres are involved in running a whole range of activities for all the local communities. A major thrust of the work is in the field of health, especially women's and children's health.
   10. Help Age: Help Age India, a premier charity in India , established in 1978 with 23 offices nation - wide endeavours to help the poor and destitute elderly with a holistic and integrated approach towards improving their quality of life.

       Pfizer donated personal computers that will be used at the various offices of India for maintaining their records and Direct Mail Appeal, which they send out to the donors. This is the most important activity through which they reach out to the public and inform them of the activities as also involve the public in their cause.