org/gsk-pays-3-billion-fine/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/business/glaxosmithkline-agrees-to-pay-3-billion-in-fraud-settlement.html?_r=0 The pharmaceutical giant and British drug maker‚ GlaxoSmithKline‚ has agreed to plead guilty and pay the government three billion dollars in a health care fraud settlement bought by the FDA. This is the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company in recorded history. GSK have admitted to committing three fraud charges. They promoted the off-label use of two anti-depressant
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strategy+business ISSUE 64 AUTUMN 2011 How to Be a Truly Global Company Many multinational business models are no longer relevant. Skillful companies can integrate three strategies — customization‚ competencies‚ and arbitrage —into a better form of organization. BY C.K. PRAHALAD AND HRISHI BHATTACHARY YA REPRINT 11308 features global perspective 1 How to Be a Truly Global Company by C.K. P r a ha lad a nd H r ish i Bhat t acha r y ya Photo illustration by Holly Lindem
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Real property development is one of the emerging businesses in today’s world. Condominium property or multi storey buildings are an important feature of real property development (Siniti‚ 1990). The condominium property can be defined as a form of land ownership that combines private ownership of an individual unit in a multi-unit building with an undivided share of the common property in the building and a right to participate in the collective governance of the private and common property (Kowshala
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My hobby is playing the piano. I wanted to know how music (and other creationsive work) is protected under the current law. In studying intellectual property law‚ however‚ my interest in patent law was also growing. In intellectual property law‚ technology and law‚ or art and law‚ which superficially appear to be oil and water have nothing in common‚ are linked to each other. I felt like I could become a bridge between the two different
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3.7. Dielectric Studies Dielectric properties are the complex function of bulk permittivity‚ conductivity‚ size‚ shape‚ frequency and spatial arrangement of the constituents [27]. The Dielectric complex permittivity is written as where‚ the real part εr and imaginary part ε″ are known as dielectric constant and dielectric loss accounts for the energy storage and energy loss respectively. The dielectric constant is calculated with the relation εr=Cd/εoA where‚ C is series capacitance
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Introduction The water system in any pharmaceutical organization is of vital importance. It is widely used in pharmaceuticals and related industries. Water used in process and in cleaning must be pure and free from microbial and chemical impurities. Laboratories need pure water free of foreign substances‚ which could potentially affect the outcome of analyses‚ and the pharmaceutical industry needs pure water for a variety of purposes – everything from cleaning to the use of pure water as an ingredient
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Why should we protect intellectual property? (By Igor Gorshkov‚ for Sr. Carlos Rivadulla Oliva – Intellectual property) I’d like to start my answer with a simple example‚ that comes to my mind: You know “Kalashnikov” automatic gun‚ right. On of the most popular automatic guns in the whole world‚ that combines in itself simplicity‚ reliability and at the same time effectiveness. It was invented in the USSR in 1947 by a very smart Russian scientist Michal Kalashnikov. How ever‚ not many
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Patients who are abusing stimulants will use the Matrix Model which is used to aid in recovery. Psychosocial therapy‚ detox facility‚ inpatient/outpatient facility‚ support group‚ and relapse prevention. A drug abuser will start with a mental health profession who will create a network of professional to aid in recovery. Psychosocial therapy is an intervention that focus on helping patients understand underlying feelings and motives that influence decisions. Detox facility creates specific treatment
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Treatment of Antibiotic Pharmaceutical Wastewater Using a Rotating Biological Contactor One of the treatment of the wastewater is the treatment of antibiotic pharmaceutical wastewater using a rotating biological contactor. For your information‚ Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC) are effective for treating wastewater‚ while they are rarely reported to be used for treating antibiotic pharmaceutical wastewater (APW). Next‚ the biological treatment processes have been widely used in wastewater treatment
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approved the sale of two properties on Feb. 23. First‚ they sold about 9 acres of undeveloped land near Highway 288 and MacGregor to the City of Houston for $13.8 million. Second‚ they sold three parking spaces at the West Loop campus to the Texas Department of Transportation for $32 thousand. MacGregor Property. The property was originally purchased to be HCC’s medical center campus‚ but with the development of the Coleman campus‚ HCC no longer needs this property. The City of Houston will
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