New Employee Handbook

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Poland Business Run 2020

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ALK GBSC record-breaking Noble Gift

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Summary of 2020

2020 highlights

January

  • New clinical Phase III trial for ALK’s house dust mite tablet initiated in China.
 
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ALK targeting food allergy

ALK targeting food allergy

One of the most common allergies in the world is food allergies. After almost a century of competencies and experiences, ALK is now expanding its product portfolio and venturing into new horizons: food.

Food allergies in most cases are problematic in that the only way to protect yourself is to avoid the allergen, which greatly affects the quality of life.

A peanut allergy occurs when a person’s immune system, which normally fights infections, does not recognize peanut protein and mistakenly overreacts to it. It is one of the foods that often cause severe allergic reactions called anaphylaxis. In some cases, just trace amounts of one milligram can trigger a reaction while a peanut weighs between 500 and 1,000 milligrams.

There is one authorized product for peanut allergy specifically on the market right now, but there is always space for improvement.

“We believe that we can make a real difference for people with food allergy. We are lucky to have some of the best minds working for us and mixing this with our strong commercial infrastructure, we are in the right position to expand our current product portfolio with new AIT products in the food allergy space. These will fuel ALK’s long-term growth and help the many people whose lives are severely impacted by food allergies,” says Henrik Jacobi, EVP R&D.

Even though a drug development program can take more than six years, and ALK is at the begging of this journey, the peanut program is now being prepared for clinical development.

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HIGH FIVE! Awards 2021

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We are making up for lost time!

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A Christmas Party in March? Why not :)

A Christmas Party in March? Why not :)

Due to the pandemic situation, we have postponed the December Christmas Party to March so that the meeting could take place in safe conditions.


ALK wanted to thank employees for the entire 2021 year. So, we couldn't miss this opportunity to meet and celebrate! Christmas, a new year, new challenges, year-end closing processes - there were so many occasions to celebrate. 


The team-building meeting was held on the 25th of March at the Vistula Port Restaurant. It was a very nice time spent together. We ate and danced until late at night. It was great to reconnect and share experiences, thoughts and wishes for the future. Even a few members of the Marketing and Sales Team from other parts of Poland came to Krakow after a long time.

After a difficult pandemic time, we hope that this is the last time we postponed the team-building meeting, and we will be able to see each other regularly already. A brighter time has come!
 

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Welcome New Teams in ALK GBSC

Welcome New Teams in ALK GBSC

We are happy to announce that Consumer Digital Operations and Consumer Marketing Teams will have members in PL.

Those two teams as a part of Consumer Care Organisation, are reaching out to our patients by an amazing barnd ‘Klarify.’ Klarify’s mission is to make living with allergy as simple as possible. For most people with allergies, getting a diagnosis and treatment is a long and complicated journey without a clear resolution.

 

Klariffy is an ALK's Consumer to Patient (C2P) engagement eco-system- online tool which invites users to test how well their allergies are controlled. Based on their answers, it suggests next steps, such as seeing a doctor specialised in allergy and AIT treatment. The websites also offer a location-based, searchable directory of qualified allergists and discussion guides to help facilitate dialogue with doctors.

 

klarify will be launched in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Switzerland, and our new teams make it happen. Millions more people with allergies will have access to information about their condition and the latest digital tools – both website and app - to help them manage their allergies.

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Awayday like never before!

Awayday like never before!

Late spring brought us a great opportunity to organize Awayday. After a hard time during the pandemic, the situation stabilized, and we were finally able to go somewhere together in safety. 
This time we decided to go to the Polish mountains, Zakopane, on Friday, May 13.

Immediately after arriving in Zakopane and having breakfast, we took a beautiful walk in the Chocholowska Valley. We had the rare, and amazing, opportunity to see a real bear in close distance from the trail. We laughed that the trip organizer had arranged this especially for us :)

Later we had a lunch break at a real highland inn "Gazdówka u Zająca", and right after that we started our main teambuilding attraction- ALK-Abelló Movie Makers "X-Files - The Sheep is Out There". We divided into several groups and each group recorded an episode or two according to a pre-prepared script. At the very beginning, most of us were embarrassed and didn't want to perform in front of the camera, but it turned out to be great fun. An additional attraction was a bonfire where we could relax and enjoy a beer with oscypek cheese. 

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