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    this virus. According to the Center for Disease Control‚ out of the 20 million Americans suffering from HPV each year‚ at least 33‚300 cancer cases first root from HPV ("HPV-Associated Cancers Statistics‚” par.1). These alarming statistics prompted Merck to release the first vaccine that could protect against the transmission of HPV in June 2006‚ called Gardasil. The release and availability of this vaccine

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    purpose of making money. The Problem Merck & Co. marketed a drug called Vioxx. The drug was said to have less gastrointestinal problems than its competition – Naproxen. However‚ Vioxx had considerably more side effects including; heart attacks and strokes (Vershoor‚C.C‚ 2006). Merck and Co. were accused of several unethical acts‚ therefore‚ the drugs were pulled from the market in September 2004. Unfortunately‚ not before 100 million prescriptions were filled. Merck & Co. was also accused of misrepresenting

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    Buss. Ethics Why do companies engage in corporate social responsibility? ~ Companies engage in CSR in order to maintain a business on track to do the right thing. However‚ there’s three reasons that keeps a business engage with CSR. Pragmatic‚ where the term "use power or loose it" is used ‚ this mean that if businesses are not responsible certain advantages could be taken away. Ethical reason‚ is when businesses have a responsability to behave ethically‚ this mean that executives’

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    In 1849‚ Charles Pfizer and Co. started with two cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart‚ who were young entrepreneurs from Germany. They opened the chemical firm in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ and began there operations in the Williamsburg community of Brooklyn. Pfizer Incorporated is a major pharmaceutical company‚ which ranks number two in sales. During the Civil War Pfizer supplied the Union Army with painkillers‚ preservatives‚ and disinfectants. Pfizer expanded westward in 1882‚ opening an office

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    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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    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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    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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