NAU- Management Across Cultures November 2010 There is a lot of discussion about pharmaceutical companies‚ intellectual property‚ and the global AIDS epidemic. Do pharmaceutical companies have a responsibility to distribute drugs for free or low cost in developing countries? Why is intellectual property such a big deal? What impact would South Africa’s decision to levy duties on drugs in the country have on the international distribution of drugs? Was the change that provided patent protection
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business of Pharmaceutical companies:- Pharmaceutical companies are not especially big in terms of revenues‚ but they are very profitable. For instance‚ in 2001‚ Pfizer was ranked 127th in the world on total revenue (US$32·2 billion) but 7th in terms of profit.29 The pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable business sector‚ with an average 16·2% profit‚ ahead of financial companies (11·6%) and beverages (10%).30 However‚ net income growth has declined‚ and growth in the value of drug
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Questions for Review 1. Pharmaceutical companies do have a responsibility to distribute drugs for a low cost in developing and poorer countries. Africa’s GDP‚ and per capita income is very low so they cannot afford to buy top quality medicines. One main argument for this approach is the AIDS epidemic in Africa. A main argument against this is that the treatment for AIDS is very expensive to provide to a whole country for free. 2. The principal arguments of pharmaceutical companies that oppose making
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The burden of the responsible falls onto to ZAP Pharmaceutical Company since both contact: Written and oral are bindings. According to Section 2-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code it seeks to protect and make effective all necessary and desirable modifications of sales contracts without regards to the technicalities which[at common law] hamper such adjustment. Subsection (1) permits all modifications‚ written and oral‚ to be binding without consideration. Subsection (2) allows the parties to exclude
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The United States is a nation of immigrants. Everyone in the country has heard this statement most people worldwide can tell you the same. Nowhere in the country is this more obvious than in the state of California‚ the nation’s most diverse state. It should be no surprise to most people that Japanese immigrants have a long history in California due to their visible presence there. My argument is that the Japanese are an integral part of California and also our country and have been instrumental
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Pharmaceutical Companies and Ethics It would be a mistake to claim that the pharmaceutical industry has not contributed to a better way of life and a better standard of living. They have come up with treatments for cancer-in some types of cancer they have even come up with the cure. It would also be naïve however to pretend that there are not some issues that have come up throughout the years that lead us to question whether the pharmaceutical industry’s main concern is the well being of the patients
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1.Intro: A pharmaceutical drug (medicine or medication and officially medicinal product) is any chemical substance formulated or compounded as single active ingredient or in combination of other pharmacologically active substance‚ it may be in a separate but packed in a single unit pack as combination product intended for internal‚ or external or for use in the medical diagnosis‚ cure‚ treatment‚ or prevention of disease. 2. History: The development of small molecule therapeutic agents for
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Three brothers‚ Robert Wood Johnson‚ James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson‚ found Johnson & Johnson in 1886. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is a global American pharmaceutical‚ medical device and consumer packaged goods manufacturer. The corporation’s headquarters is located in New Brunswick‚ New Jersey. Johnson & Johnson‚ together with its specific divisions‚ engages in the research and development‚ manufacture‚ and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. Its Consumer segment
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The whole manufacturing process deals with the following steps:- 1. Lab testing of pharmaceutical ingredients 2. Manufacturing of tablets (Granulation and Compression) 3. Coating of Tablets 4. Lab testing of tablets 5. Packaging and Sealing Lab Testing of Raw-Materials (pharmaceutical ingredients) The tests and assays described are the official methods upon which the standards of Pharmacopoeia are based. Alternative methods of analysis may be used for control
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Pharmaceutical Quality Management Part 2 Pfizer Vision‚ Mission‚ and Core Values Pfizer Inc. was established over a century ago in 1849. Just like the other pharmaceutical companies being established around that time‚ Pfizer started out as a chemical company to counteract the times health issues such as intestinal worms and hygienic complications during the civil war which haunted the earlier part of the nineteenth century. Since then Pfizer has risen to be ranked second on the list of top fifty
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