Dear Colleague,
As we come to the end of 2015 I would like to take the opportunity to reflect on what has been a very challenging year for our company. I want to share with you our most significant shortfalls, our biggest achievements – and I want to briefly outline our priorities for 2016.
As we look back upon 2015, we must ensure we take this opportunity to “hold up a mirror” and reflect on all aspects of our performance in the year that passed. We are about to complete our most challenging year since our separation from Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2009. And I am determined to ensure we learn as many lessons from it as we can in order to ensure we emerge from 2015 as a stronger, more capable company positioned for future success. If we fail to draw the appropriate lessons from our shortfalls in 2015, we will have gone through much pain for no gain