Decision-making Process (Chapter 1) Corporate Reputation (Chapter 9) The Corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid (Chapter 9) The Importance of Trust (Chapter 9) The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility (article by Carroll and Chapter 9) 4. Read The Merck and River Blindness Case at the end of Chapter 9 of your text. 5. Compose your paper in Microsoft Word. Include your name‚ the assignment name and number‚ the course and section number‚ and the date on your title page. Follow APA guidelines for formatting
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References: Porth‚ C. M. (2004). Disorders of ventilation and gas exchange. Pathophysiology concepts of altered health states‚ seventh edition (pp. 691-693). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Merck Manual. Pneumothorax. The Merck Manual second home edition‚ Chapter 52. Retrieved April 18th‚2005 from http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch052d.html. Marx (2002). Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Rosen ’s Emergency medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice‚ 5th ed (pp. 1000-1005)
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Case Overview: November 1997‚ Tom Casola‚ PROPECIA brand manager for Merck planned to launch with regulatory changes by the FDA in two months (likely launch Date: January 1998) PROPECIA (Expected FDA approval December 1997) represented a major breakthrough in the treatment of Male Patter Hair Loss (MPHL) “balding”. Merk’s 1st consumer-driven product (prescription needed) Direct-to-Consumer Ads key to building demand PROPECIA (Finasteride) originally developed for treating enlarged prostates
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costs more than $400 total‚ and Merck stood to make millions off the mandatory vaccines (Knox). According to Merck‚ the high cost compared to other vaccines was because they wanted a return on the money spent on development. There may have been another motive behind Merck’s swiftness on promoting Gardasil. GlaxoSmithKline‚ a rival pharmaceutical company‚ had been developing their own HPV vaccine‚ Cervarix‚ which was approved by the FDA in 2009. This gave Merck a motive to push the vaccine as
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Background As self-medication is more widely adopted and healthcare payers seek to contain costs‚ the OTC market seems set for significant future growth. Most pharmaceutical companies anticipated rapid growth in the over-the-counter market as consumers increasingly sought to diagnose and self-medicate their common ailments. Many pharmaceutical companies are looking towards the OTC market for revenue protection and lifecycle extension for their major products. Although certain sectors of the OTC
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Pharmaceutical Marketing Merck “Merck has gone beyond developing and selling prescription pharmaceuticals. It formed joint ventures in 1989 with Johnson & Johnson to sell over the-counter pharmaceuticals; in 1991 with DuPont to expand basic research‚ and in 2000 with Scherigng-Plough to develop and market new prescriptions medicines. In 1997‚ Merck and Rhone-Poulenc S.A. (now Sanofi-Aventis S.A.) combined animal health and poultry genetics business to form Merial Limited‚ a fully integrated
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Merck’s Risky Bet on Research While Kenneth Frazier worked liability suits for Merck‚ he caught the company’s attention and they hired him in 1992. By 1999 Frazier was appointed Merck’s general counsel. Merck saw that Frazier had several good personality traits and values that would benefit their organization. Kenneth Frazier is a very hard-working man and has been taught not to fail and to push himself to excellence. Frazier has always pushed himself to always do better‚ he has never just
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gastrointestinal endoscopy in a year of 2011. The gastric biopsy specimens were homogenized and cultured on Brucella Blood Agar (Merck‚ Germany). Skirrow’s supplement including polymyxin B‚ vancomycin and trimethoprim (Merck‚ Germany)‚ 5% defibrinated Sheep’s Blood (Bahar Afshan‚ Iran)‚7% Fetal calf serum (Sigma‚ USA)‚ 4 % L-cystein (Merck‚ Germany) and amphotericin B (Merck‚ Germany) for preventing fungal contamination added to medium culture . Plates were incubated at 37°C for 3-5 days in a microaerophilic
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1.1. Definition of intellectual capital and a brief history of IC management Before someone can measure something‚ he/she has to know what to count. So how should intellectual capital be defined? A universally accepted definition is the first step toward standardization‚ but still it is hard to find the best one for "intellectual capital". In this section I ’ll define intellectual capital and study the history of its development. Intellectual capital is knowledge that can be exploited for
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Experience with Revenue Recognition--- Do you have any experience related to revenue recognition? Surely‚ I do #2-Please read the financial statement analysis case (Merck & Johnson & Johnson) on page 613‚ Chapter 12. Please read the instructions for (a)‚ (b)‚ and (c) and address the three questions that are asked. Case Merck & Johnson & Johnson are two leaders producers of health care products. Each has considerable assets‚ and each expends considerable funds each year toward the development
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