Corporate Responsibility

Tamro’s mission is to ensure the health and wellbeing of consumers. We want to provide significant value to the pharmaceutical supply chain by providing efficient and safe delivery of pharmaceuticals from the suppliers to the end user, whether through hospitals, pharmacies and health centers, or directly to the patient. We succeed in our work by helping our customer’s succeed in theirs.

Good co-operation with our stakeholders is an essential part of our work. We have frequent and constant collaboration not only with pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies and patients but also with the national health authorities, who ensure the wellbeing of citizens with a detailed and comprehensive quality control of the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Against this backdrop it is natural for Tamro to maintain activities that support the national health systems in our operating countries. While our focus on the promotion of health and wellbeing is clear, the shape of our support varies as much as the national health systems in each of our operating country.

Focus on illegal drugs

In Finland, Tamro has chosen to focus on preventive drug work. Already in 2002 Tamro donated a drug dog and its education to the Finnish customs, and we have continued to support this activity for several years. This continuous work has brought handsome rewards. Tarmo, as Tamro’s dog is called, has discovered significant amounts of heroine and other drugs, which has helped to keep drugs off the street.

Tamro also supports a private organization which tours public schools in Finland educating about the serious threats of drug abuse. We wish to help authorities keep the availability of illegal drugs as low as possible, and help encourage the youth to live healthy, drug-free lives.

Realizing Dreams for Palliative Children

In Latvia, Tamro co-operated with the Swiss pharmaceutical company Mepha to fulfill the dreams of palliative (terminally ill) children. This charity project “Give a dream” has actualized the problem of palliative care, explained its essence and helped to understand its meaning in the Latvian society. Every citizen of Latvia could participate in the campaign by acquiring a postcard drawn by the sick children, in pharmacies participating in the Tamro Pharmacy Program.

Mepha donated Ls 0,15 for each its OTC-products sold between February – June 2005. The charity project gained an unexpectedly high response - more than 40 000 citizens of Latvia responded to the appeal. Additionally Tamro and Mepha donated funds to the Association of Children’s Palliative Care.

First-aid kits to SOS Children’s Village

SOS Children’s Villages take care of children who have lost their parents or have no family to care for them. Orphaned and destitute children are offered a new and permanent home and they are prepared for an independent life. Children who have arrived at these villages may have arrived there due to circumstances beyond their control. In Estonia, Tamro’s Apteek1 –pharmacy chain decided to help out Keila SOS Children’s Village, by donating large home medication kits to each home in the Children’s Village.

According to the director of the village, first-aid kits with children’s medications, band-aids and vitamins among other supplies are welcome and also much needed in the village. The village’s operation is largely financed with private contributions.