1. How does Genzyme’s focus on orphan drugs affect the degree of competition it faces? How does it affect the bargaining power of customers? For a drug to qualify as an ‘orphan drug’‚ a disease must only afflict less than 200‚000 people worldwide. From this we can understand that Genzyme’s target market is a very small niche and consequently there is very little competition. Big pharmaceuticals primarily focus their resources on ‘blockbuster’ drugs because there is a large market to target. Since
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Age of Exploration There are many causes and motivations that led to the age of exploration‚ one of many include; the crusades‚ crusades are wars between Muslims and Christians lasted from the 1000’s to the 1200’s. The interactions between Muslims and Christians led the Europeans to spread Christianity and stop the spread of Islam. Other than that‚ the desire for new sources of wealth and spices and luxurious goods‚ and the advances in sailing technology influenced the age of European Exploration
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PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MED 1150 CHAPTER 1- Questions: 1‚ 2‚3‚4‚7‚10‚11‚13‚14‚15‚16‚18 CHAPTER REVIEW PAGE 18-20 QUIZ YOUR SELF 1. Describe the linguistic origin/etiology of the following words * Pharmacology: The study of drugs and the interactions with living tissue. * Origin of Pharmacology: Greek word pharmakon meaning medicine or drug * Drug: Any nonfood chemical substance that affect the mind and body. * Origin of Drug: Dutch word droog meaning
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ADDITIONAL CASES CASE 8.4 CONTINUATION OF THE TEXAGO CASE STUDY Reconsider the case study presented in the supplement to Chap. 8 (on the CD-ROM) involving the Texago Corp. site selection problem. Texago management has tentatively chosen St. Louis as the site of the new refinery. However‚ management now is addressing the question of whether the capacity of the new refinery should be made somewhat larger than originally planned. While analyzing the site selection problem‚ the task force had
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The most important contribution to European expansion was the search for new trade routes. Christopher Columbus in 1492 accidentally stumbled across the Americas on his way to India in search of foreign goods and a new‚ quicker path to get to them. The Europeans already had trade routes‚ but each of them had a flaw. Either the route was too long‚ too costly‚ or too long. The main countries of their times sent different explorer’s to find new trade routes. Portuguese Prince Henry (the Navigator)
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Role of Laboratory in Clinical Trials Laboratory data forms the backbone of all the clinical trials. Hence it is important to have good laboratory support and interaction with the laboratory in all the clinical trials. Clinical trials typically include two kinds of activity a) evaluation and validation of new clinical laboratory testing systems or b) laboratory evaluation of patients subjected to new clinical products or protocols‚ particularly those related to new drug development
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The Age of Exploration was a time of daunting expeditions across land and sea in Europe that lasted from the early 15 century to the 17th century. During this time period‚ countless places‚ such as America and several inventions influenced how Europeans believed. Individuals utilized these inventions to better their understanding of how the world functioned so that they could navigate in a more accurate way. Three of these fundamental inventions were the caravel‚ the magnetic compass‚ and the astrolabe
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Motivations for Exploration The word motivation derives from the Latin verb movere meaning ‘to move’. Our motivations for exploring have made extreme changes since the 1600’s. For example‚ the Spanish were the first to explore the Americas. Their motivations were God‚ gold‚ and glory. And in a nutshell the current motivations for exploring are somewhat similar. Differences of the past and future motivations for exploration will be explained.. Gold was a huge motivator for explorers of
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For: Engr. Stephanie Bones – Senomio From: Bonn Leonard Belandres BS ECE 5B Subject: ECE 513 (Broadcast Engineering and Acoustics) ------------------------------------------------- Reaction Paper Never has it transpired in my cognizance how eloquent sound can be and the amazing things it can accomplish. Basically‚ sound isn’t all about hearing it with the ears and escalating its invisible effects. In the two topics we have witnessed‚ sound is much more appreciated. Can sound really
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An age of exploration and Expansion How did Muslim merchants expand the world trade network at the end of the fifteenth century? The only way of expanding the world during the contemporaries was by sea on vessels and this was well utilized by the Muslims‚ who were either Arab or Indian converts. Because of the convenient location around the Mediterranean area the Muslim merchants expanded their world from the land of the five seas‚ Caspian Sea‚ Red Sea‚ Mediterranean Sea‚ Black Sea and the Arabian
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