Genentech recognizes that protecting the health, safety and wellness of our employees is a natural extension of our commitment to improving the state of human health. To this end, the company has developed extensive programs that promote a safe and healthy workplace. Genentech's safety programs are designed to minimize risk to employees and are tailored to our specific work environments, such as the manufacturing floor, laboratories and office environments. We continually work to raise awareness about safety at our facilities and to adopt enhanced techniques to improve safety performance.

Larry Sanders, a director in Genentech's South San Francisco manufacturing facility, sees the positive impact of the company's employee protection programs in his group. "In our manufacturing group, we have a diverse workforce that brings a wide variety of experiences into our plant. We have seasoned veterans from several industries, as well as new graduates without industrial experience. The greatest benefit of a programmatic approach to safety is that we can protect all of our employees regardless of their previous experience and avoid having to re-learn difficult lessons. We can focus on making critical therapeutics for our patients without sacrificing our own well-being."