GlaxoSmithKline and AIDS Drugs for Africa What comes to mind when you hear the words “pharmaceutical company”? There are many ways to define a pharmaceutical company. According to the Princeton review‚ a pharmaceutical company is a drug company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals. Another definition for a pharmaceutical company is an industry that develops‚ produces‚ and markets drugs licensed for use as generic and/or brand medications. These companies are subject to a variety of laws and
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• Case – 2 Marks-20In 2004‚ the United Nations estimated that the previous year 5 million more people around the world hadcontracted the AIDS virus‚ 3 million had died‚ and a total of 40 million people were living with theinfection. Seventy percent‚ or about 28 million of these‚ lived in sub – Saharan Africa‚ where the epidemicwas at its worst. Sub – Saharan Africa consists of the 48 countries and 643 million people who residesouth of the Saharan desert. In 16 of these countries‚ 10 percent are
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Chapter 1 Introduction To GlaxoSmithKline 1. INTRODUCTION: 1.1 COMPANY LOGO Image 1 GlaxoSmithKline is a leading‚ global‚ research-based healthcare and pharmaceutical company. In India‚ it is the number one pharmaceutical company. GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a British multinational pharmaceutical‚ biologics‚ vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in Brentford‚ London
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so what is it? The issue here concerns South Africa ’s growing HIV/AIDS patients. The world non-the-less isn ’t doing much about the situation that only seems to be getting worse. South Africa already has the highest growing HIV/AIDS rate in the world. The pharmaceutical companies offered very little medical donations or help; they ended up doing quite the opposite. When South Africa attempted to import generic versions of the needed HIV/AIDS drugs because of their drastically cheaper prices the
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GlaxoSmithKline company profile Francis Weyzig Amsterdam‚ October 2004 Summary Business description GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical corporations that discovers‚ develops‚ manufactures and markets branded human health products. Headquarters: UK‚ with additional operational headquarters in the USA Global presence: about 160 countries Primary markets: USA‚ France‚ Germany‚ UK‚ Italy and Japan Employees: approximately 103‚000 GSK key figures
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[pic] “AIDS IN AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL AID” Business’s Ethics Project Instructor: Zlat Milovanovic Date: January 03‚ 2011 Made by: Ana Stojanoska 2A1; ID 1719 [pic] INTRODUCTION: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible
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HIV-AIDS in Africa Shelby May H102 – The World in the Twentieth Century II Professor Machado April 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 1800 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS‚ has become one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges; “more than 25 million people have died of AIDS worldwide since the first cases were reported in 1981”.1 HIV is much like other viruses today such as the flu or the common cold. The difference
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This case describes the reorganization of drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) following the formation of GSK from the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. This reorganization placed nearly 2‚000 research scientists into six centers of excellence in drug discovery (CEDD). Each CEDD focused on a small set of therapeutic areas and possessed decision rights over the progression of pharmaceutical compounds through the early stages of development. It addresses issues about the benefits
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HIV/AIDS has been named a global epidemic with its toll being felt significantly especially in Africa. It has been a major cause of death in the world; it also continues to be a public health concern. It poses a risk to future generations with villages being wiped out due to its impacts (Iliffe‚ p.47). The most affected generation being the most active age group leaving the elderly and aged to look after the young. Widows and orphans have been a major occurrence in many villages and they struggle
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GlaxoSmithKline 1. Who are the stakeholders in this case? Which are primary‚ and which are secondary? What influence do they have? Stakeholders for GlaxoSmithKline include the following: Employees; stockholders; creditors; suppliers; customers (both prescribing physicians and end users); retailers (domestically and internationally); activist groups (such as the Minnesota Senior Federation‚ the National Association of the Terminally Ill‚ the Coalition for Access to Affordable Prescription
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