ESG Report 2020

Production of Anti-pandemic Supplies and Technological Support A pharmaceutical enterprise should shoulder its work with its production capacity, the Group responsibility when the country is facing also leveraged its years of knowledge and pandemic and strive to guarantee medicines experience on the pharmaceutical industry and supply and to provide production technologies in supported the production of anti-pandemic support. In light of the huge demand of supplies and patients affected during the pharmaceutical supplies in the Country at the pandemic. In response to the proposal of the beginning of the outbreak, The United Zhuhai government early in the Year, the Group Laboratories adopted multiple measures to formed an emergency technical team, including satisfy the demand of the community. mechanic, electric and automation expertise, to travel to Zhuhai Chuangmeijian Company ( 珠海創 Other than anti-pandemic medicines, there was 美健公司 ) and help with the assembly of masks also shortage of disinfectants at the early stage production line there, supporting the production of the outbreak. In this connection, the Group of supplies in shortage. With its knowledge and arranged part of the productivity of The United technique in handling machines, the team of the Animal Healthcare to help alleviate the shortage Group completed the machine assembly, running among the community. The United Animal and testing of the masks production line in three Healthcare has two fully-automated production days, while all the masks produced meet the lines for solid and liquid sanitisers, and is national quality standards after inspection. capable of producing sanitisers for human use. Therefore, the local government gave The United In addition, as a manufacturer of diabetes drugs, Animal Healthcare special permission for we attach great importance to the health and producing disinfectants which meet the safety of diabetes patients. To help the patients standards for combating the pandemic during on buying medicines during the pandemic, the the special emergency response period, so that Group launched the Map of National Diabetes The United Animal Healthcare helped to ease the Pharmacies, making it easier to buy medicines shortage of sanitising supplies with its own for patients and reducing the unnecessary risk producing capacity. of going out and finding pharmacies. Apart from directly supporting the anti-pandemic During the pandemic, the Notice of launched the Map of National Diabetes N a t i o n a l H e a l t h c a r e S e c u r i t y Pharmacies to help them search Administration on Optimising Healthcare information on nearby pharmacies selling Security Services and Promoting the diabetes medicines. As such they could Prevention and Control of the Outbreak of go and buy directly, lowering the risk of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (COVID-19) going outdoors and searching for was issued. Under the notice, diabetes medicines. After the patients could acquire up to three months pandemic, the map of supply of prescribed medication after could also serve the the assessment by their doctors at patients in daily life hospitals where they were treated, so as a n d c o nt i n u o u s l y to minimise the risk of transmission when i m p r o v i n g t h e going out to get their medicines. For process of buying diabetes patients who were running out of medicines. medicines, The United Laboratories to purchase medicines conveniently Helping patients Map of National Diabetes Pharmacies The United Laboratories 11 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited