Definitions and Reconciliations
API – Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
APM – Alternative Financial Performance Measure
CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate
CDMO – Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization
CDP – Carbon Disclosure Project
cGMP – current Good Manufacturing Practice
CO – Code of Obligation
CMC – Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls
DDTrO – Ordinance on Due Diligence and Transparency in relation to Minerals and Metals from Conflict-Affected Areas and Child Labor
DMF – Dimethylformamide
EHS – Employee Health & Safety
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance
FTE – Full-time equivalent
GHG – Greenhouse Gas Protocol
GRI – Global Reporting Initiative
Gx – Generics
ICH – International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
ILO – International Labor Organization
ISO – International Organization for Standardization
IPO – Initial Public Offering
LCM – Life Cycle Management
LTI – Lost Time Injuries
NDA – New Drug Application
NPS – Net Promoter Score
OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OTIF – On-Time-In-Full
PPQ – Process Performance Qualification
QMS – Quality Management System
R&D – Research & Development
SDG – Sustainable Development Goals
SIX – SIX Swiss Exchange
SPPS – Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis
TCFD – Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure
UN – United Nations
UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund