Our Purpose
Our Purpose
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Our Purpose
Our aim is not simply to create a single medicine.
We view life as a complex system, and connect research, drug discovery and clinical practice. Starting from the possibilities of new medicines, we look across healthcare, society, the environment and ecosystems, working towards future health systems that sustain the health of both people and the planet.
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Our Aspiration
What we are working towards
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We view life as a complex system, and through science we explore the possibilities of new medicines and new healthcare.
Life is made up of diverse elements — molecules, cells, tissues, immunity and metabolism among them — that interact with one another. Alongside a precise understanding of each element, we take an integrated view of multi-component, multi-target and multi-pathway interactions across biological networks, and work to generate new therapeutic hypotheses and new medicines.
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We move continually between basic research and clinical practice, connecting research, drug discovery and the clinic.
Questions become hypotheses, hypotheses become scientific validation, and what we learn is carried through into the next stage of research and care.
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For us, creating a medicine is not the end point.
We regard human health as a single system in which healthcare, society, the environment and ecosystems all interact, and by carrying the results of our science through into the health systems of the future, we contribute to better health for people and the planet.
SCIENCE FOR A HEALTHIER TOMORROW
Through the power of science, opening a better
future for people and the planet.
Mission, Vision & Values
Mission / Vision / Values
Three principles run through everything we do, from research, drug discovery and clinical practice to the value we return to society.
MISSION
The role we must fulfil
We view life as a complex system, keep research, drug discovery and clinical practice in a continuous loop, carrying the possibilities of new medicines and new care through to society by way of scientific validation.
VISION
Where we are headed
We treat the health of people and the health of the planet as one, working towards sustainable health systems for the future.
VALUES
The values we hold
Grounded in scientific integrity, ethics and safety, we collaborate across disciplines and organisations, and reinvest the knowledge and value we create into research, education, healthcare and the environment.
Human & Planetary Health
The health of people and the planet
Life and health are complex systems that cannot be explained by their individual parts. The human body exists within layers of interaction — the living environment, social institutions, ecosystems. As we connect research, drug discovery and clinical practice, we also regard health as a single system that extends into the environment and society, and we treat human health and planetary health as one continuous question.
Three perspectives
Environment
Human health cannot be separated from the environment — the air, the water, the soil. We widen our view to the environmental factors that sit outside medicine, and look at how they interact with life and health.
Social systems
Scientific knowledge and new treatments acquire value only when they connect with healthcare systems, delivery structures and the means of reaching society. We consider the mechanisms that carry research through into practice.
Ecosystems
Human health cannot be separated from the health of ecosystems. We do not confine life science to people alone, but take in its interaction with the wider ecosystem.
Environment
Human health cannot be separated from the environment — the air, the water, the soil. We widen our view to the environmental factors that sit outside medicine, and look at how they interact with life and health.
Social systems
Scientific knowledge and new treatments acquire value only when they connect with healthcare systems, delivery structures and the means of reaching society. We consider the mechanisms that carry research through into practice.
Ecosystems
Human health cannot be separated from the health of ecosystems. We do not confine life science to people alone, but take in its interaction with the wider ecosystem.
This perspective runs through everything we do. It is also the thinking behind Future Health Systems: Securing Wellbeing in a Changing World, an international symposium presented in collaboration with Nature Partnerships and held at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, in October 2026. Learn more
Philanthropy
We place importance on reinvesting the knowledge and value generated by our work into research, education, healthcare and the environment. Through research support and endowed courses at universities and research institutions, the development of the next generation, and work in healthcare, local communities and the environment, we aim for a circulation of social value that reaches beyond short-term business results.
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Research support and endowed courses
Through research support and endowed courses at universities and research institutions, we support basic research and the growth of new academic fields.
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Support for research and education
We support the development of the next generation of researchers and medical professionals, and the creation of cross-disciplinary academic exchange and educational opportunities.
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Community and the environment
Treating the health of people and the planet as one, we will progressively extend our support and reinvestment to activities that contribute to the sustainability of local communities and the environment.
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Research support and endowed courses
Through research support and endowed courses at universities and research institutions, we support basic research and the growth of new academic fields.
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Support for research and education
We support the development of the next generation of researchers and medical professionals, and the creation of cross-disciplinary academic exchange and educational opportunities.
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Community and the environment
Treating the health of people and the planet as one, we will progressively extend our support and reinvestment to activities that contribute to the sustainability of local communities and the environment.
OUR PURPOSE
About our work
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