TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2018)
Reporting Period: 2018
Environmental Metrics
Social Achievements
- Established Employee Welfare Committees at the Company and Synpac-Kingdom Pharma, providing various employee welfare activities.
Governance Achievements
- Established an Audit Committee composed of three Independent Directors in 2016.
- Established a spokesperson/acting spokesperson system for information disclosure and communication.
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Continue to focus on innovative special generic drugs and maintain the momentum of around 3-5 ANDA filings with the U.S. FDA per year.
- Expand the technical platform to non-oral products such as local/percutaneous absorption preparations and special generic drug products such as eye drugs.
- Enter the international market outside the United States and Greater China region to become one of the global integrated pharmaceutical companies.
Environmental Challenges
- Market competition and insufficient economies of scale resulted in operating losses despite a slight increase in operating revenue.
- Continuous investment in R&D of high-tech special generic drugs in the US market resulted in high R&D expenditures.
- Litigation-related expenses from a lawsuit with a brand pharmaceutical manufacturer delayed the launch of generic drugs.
- Subsidiary Synpac-Kingdom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. could not fully utilize its capacity due to ongoing eye drug development.
- Subsidiary TWi Biotechnology, Inc. continued to invest in new drug development, increasing R&D expenses.
Mitigation Strategies
- Continued to focus on innovative special generic drugs and maintained a filing momentum of around 3-5 ANDA submissions with the U.S. FDA per year.
- Expanded the technical platform to non-oral products such as local/percutaneous absorption preparations and special generic drug products such as eye drugs.
- Integrated and strengthened the internal senior and professional R&D team.
- Expanded the scope of dosage forms and product portfolio.
- Enhanced global outreach through drug licensing, co-marketing, and strategic alliances.