Since the early days of the merger‚ we knew we would need a significant effort to transfer the new company into a high-performance organization.1 —Daniel Vasella‚ MD‚ Chairman and CEO‚ Novartis AG INTRODUCTION tC Since the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz that created the Swiss healthcare and pharmaceutical company of Novartis in December 1996‚ CEO Dan Vasella had begun the transformation from two slow-moving‚ functional silos into one high-performance company. The initial post-merger
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was approved for use in several countries‚ replacing rennet in cheese-making. In the US in 1995‚ the following transgenic crops received marketing approval: canola with modified oil composition (Calgene)‚ Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn/maize (Ciba-Geigy)‚ cotton resistant to the herbicide bromoxynil (Calgene)‚ Bt cotton (Monsanto)‚ Bt potatoes (Monsanto)‚
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Basel‚ Switzerland when dyestuffs were found to have antiseptic properties. A host of modern pharmaceutical companies all started out as Rhine-based family dyestuff and chemical companies e.g. Hoffman-La Roche‚ Sandoz‚ Ciba-Geigy (the product of a merger between Ciba and Geigy)‚ Novartis2 etc. Most are still going strong today3. Over time many of these chemical companies moved into the production of pharmaceuticals and other synthetic chemicals and they gradually evolved into global players.
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1.0 Introduction In the past‚ the companies are managed their environmental problem by internal managers. Nowadays‚ the government is need companies to comply with good environmental performance. Environmental management accounting is a new technique to identify environmental cost flows of a company. Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) also can defined as the identification‚ collection‚ estimation‚ analysis‚ internal reporting and use of material and energy flow information‚ environmental
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PRESENTATION ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA Major Therapeutic Categories Antibiotics‚ vitamins and analgesics are the top three therapeutic classes in terms of sales by value. Anti-biotic dominate the market with approximately 24% of the market value. Vitamins and analgesics account for 6.6% and 6% of the market respectively. The vitamins and antibiotics sectors are vital not only because of their large size but also because of their astronomical growth. Sales of antibiotics are growing
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Environmental Product Differentiation: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE STRATEGY Forest L. Reinhardt roducers of toilet tissue‚ outdoor wear‚ tuna‚ beef‚ investment services‚ trash bags‚ and herbicides have recently positioned their products as environmentally preferable‚ with the idea of capturing a price premium‚ winning new customers‚ or both. Managers are looking for ways to reconcile their need to deliver shareholder value with intensifying demands for improved envirofimental performance. Perhaps
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SEMINAR REPORT CROSS BORDER MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS INTRODUCTON Mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy‚ corporate finance and management dealing with the buying‚ selling‚ dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can aid‚ finance‚ or help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin or a new field or new location without creating a subsidiary
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Effects Of Genetic Engineering On Agriculture The Effects of Genetic Engineering on Agriculture Agribiotechnology is the study of making altered agricultural products. Agribusiness is trying to alter the genes of already existing products to try to enhance the biocompetitiveness and adaptability of crops by enhancing plant resistance to drought‚ salinity‚ disease‚ pests and herbicides. They are going to try to enhance their growth‚ productivity‚ nutrient value‚ and chemical composition. The old
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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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common and complicated eye defects‚ such as nearsightedness‚ astigmatism‚ myopia‚ and presbyopia. (CooperVision 2006) CIBA Vision is a leader in research and development and manufacturing of contact lenses. CIBA products are in more than 70 countries. CIBA manufactures extended wear contacts‚ a daily disposable and of course contacts that can change the color of your eyes. CIBA
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