MEMO TO: Mr. David Maris DATE: September 9‚ 2010 SUBJECT: Biovail Concerns This report discusses the concerns regarding the Biovail pharmaceutical company and the causes‚ implication and ramifications of its recently released quarterly earnings guidance. Specifically‚ this report covers Biovail’s reasons for missing previous expectations for quarterly earnings and an analysis of the validity of these reasons. The focus will be on the assertion that a recent truck accident containing
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Biovail Corporation Issues : 1) The company has the problem with their recognition of the profit Whether they should realize or not the revenue for the third quarter. 2) Issues on the concepts of revenue recognition that have been apply in the company to show their financial results. Whether Biovail Corporation recognize its revenue using FOB shipping point or FOB destination. Suggested Solution 1) FOB Destination shipping term The truck accident had no impact on company’s third quarter
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Biovail Case‚ Question 1 1. How many truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 million of product? Show your calculations. Given: a. 1 Wellbutrin XL tablet is estimated to be 1.5 cm3 (this includes the packing space) b. A 18-wheeler trailer dimensions are: 17m x 4.5m x 2.5m Since the tablet and the trailer are using different units of measurements we need to convert the trailer dimensions to centimeters before we can calculate the volumes. To convert meters into centimeters
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Table of Contents 1.0 Abstract Biovail Corporation‚ a large pharmaceutical company and had applied advanced drug-delivery technologies to improve the clinical effectiveness of medicines. It is recently had its stock downgraded by a well-known pharmaceutical analyst and a number of other analysts were also scrutinizing the company. The outcome was not favorable‚ as Biovail ’s acquisition methods were labeled as unethical and their accounting practices were questioned
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“A STUDY ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS with reference to UNITED INDIA INSURANCE Ltd.‚ Chennai.” CHAPTER - 1 INTRODUCTION Finance is the study of how investors allocate their assets over time under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. A key point in finance‚ which affects decisions‚ is the time value of money‚ which states that a unit of currency today is worth more than the same unit of currency tomorrow. Finance measures the risks vs. profits and gives an indication
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Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION Biovail Corporation was one of the Canada’s largest pharmaceutical publicly traded companies which expert in the development and large scale of manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. Biovail Company engaged activities on enhance formulate of the existing drugs‚ clinical testing‚ manufacture and commercial pharmaceutical products and utilized advanced drug delivery technologies. In the case‚ on September 30‚ 2003 there was a truck carrying a shipment
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Biovail Case Part 1: Assumptions: 1. The mark-up is from the Distributor to the Wholesaler‚ and the margin is from the Wholesaler to the Retailer Biovail Distributor purchase price Wholesaler purchase price = Distributor purchase price + 400% mark-up Retailer price = Wholesaler price + 35% margin 2. We don’t know the excess space needed in the truck for the 64 gallon drums so we assumed that the 1.00 cm3 accounts for the excess space
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rectangular prism = a x b x c Volume= 1‚700 x 450 x 250 Volume = 191‚250‚000 cm3 c. To find out how many Wellbutrin XL tablets fit into a trailer 1.5x=191‚250‚000 X=127‚500‚000 d. How much revenue does Biovail get from a single pill ? 400% 35% $2.83 Biovail → Distributor → Wholesaler → Retailer 0.52 ← 2.10 / 400% ← 2.83/1.35%=2.10 127‚500‚000 x 0.52= $6‚630‚000 One truck can definately carry $10 million worth of Wellbutrin XL tablet product. 2. How should the
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Table of Contents Executive Summary Biovail Corporation‚ a major Canadian pharmaceutical company listed on the New York Stock Exchange‚ announces that it will miss its quarterly earnings target by $25 to $45 million‚ blaming $10 to $15 million of the shortfall on a truck accident involving a shipment that left its facility on the last day of the quarter. The case was ultimately prosecuted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The case is centered on the question
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Financial Analysis on Oriental Holdings Berhad 2011 and 2010 Annual Report Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analysis from a financial perspective on Oriental Holdings Berhad (OHB). Listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad since 10 March 1964， Oriental Holdings Berhad is a trusted company diversified Malaysian conglomerate engaged in automotive dealerships‚ automotive components‚ financial services‚ healthcare‚ property development‚ retailing
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