The Meth Epidemic Methamphetamine is the most addictive drug used today. It appeals to people of all ages‚ and is not a respecter of person. It is creating a society with no future. Unless we as a society can contain and stop this issue‚ there will be no hope. What is the federal government doing to stop this problem? How are Pharmaceutical companies reacting to this issue? What are the effects on the general public? This is just some of the issues that were discussed in Frontline’s ‘The
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Today’s pharmaceutical companies provide a powerful impact on the situation of a heroin epidemic in the United States because modern pharmaceutical companies have allowed production of legal‚ regulated prescription opiates that led to the increase of drug abuse and overdose deaths. Pharmaceutical reps receive big bonuses for pushing their products on doctors‚ which resulted in they get the large profit and thus forgot for a certain responsibility to their patients. How many lives have been limited
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The Meth Epidemic The origin of methamphetamine in the U.S. started on the west coast in the state of Oregon. This is a man-made drug that is easily “cooked” in kitchens across the U. S. Pseudoephedrine is the main chemical ingredient in the drug and also the key component of cold remedies such as Sudafed. The Pseudoephedrine is combined with other chemicals readily available in gas‚ rubbing alcohol‚ or drain cleaners. The effects of the drug are of a distinct deteriorating effect. Some people
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How Pharmaceutical Companies Affect the Healthcare System Yan Li‚ Ying Li‚ Nancy Nycum‚ Maria Rubi‚ Cristina Sanchez Florida International University Executive Summary The Pharmaceutical industry has been around since the Middle Ages‚ and it has affected healthcare in many ways. The development of medicine and having a scientific approach‚ while being able to understand the human biology such as DNA‚ has helped achieve miracles. One of the most well known pharmaceutical companies Pfizer has
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European Journal of Business and Management ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) www.iiste.org Financial Analysis of Selected Pharmaceutical Companies in Bangladesh Md. Tofael Hossain Majumder (Corresponding Author) Lecturer‚ Department of Accounting and Information Systems Comilla University‚ Comilla‚ Bangladesh. Phone: +8801816436176‚ Email: tofael_cou@yahoo.com Mohammed Mizanur Rahman Lecturer‚ School of Business and Economics Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology
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PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY REPORT PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 2012 THIS REPORT WAS MADE BY: Inês Pita 152112041 Master In Business Administration 1 PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY REPORT INDEX ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ............................................................................................... 5 DEMAND ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................. 6 1. GLOBAL
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Problems Faced by Small and Medium Pharmaceutical Companies Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their endeavour towards trans-nationalization and exports are confronted with several issues. These include: lack of expertise‚ training and finance for technological up-gradation and adoption of good manufacturing practices (GMP) by SMEs to meet global quality standards; limited exposure and expertise on IPR issues; limited adoption of information technology (IT) techniques in production and processes;
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Subsidiaries analysis In modern time‚ Jansen‚ a subsidiary of the Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson is tasked to recognize and solve the present incurable diseases. This few includes-- oncology‚ immunology‚ neuroscience‚ infectious diseases and vaccines‚ and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. They are committed to bring innovative products‚ services and solutions to people around the globe as they realise the effect of the way diseases affect people on their daily routines thus the
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Introduction What is intellectual property? In its common and purest sense‚ it is the tangible product of human mind and intelligence entitled to the legal status of personal property. As Chaffe stated‚ ‘The man who brings out of nothingness some child of his thought has right s therein which cannot belong to any other sort of property’. One textbook defines the intellectual property as ‘the novel product of human intellectual endeavour’. Yet‚ the use of the term ‘property’ to describe intellectual products
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paper is to analyze federal antitrust enforcers are investigating whether a multinational pharmaceutical company has attempted to minimize the impact of generic competition to one of its most profitable prescription drugs. This anti-depressant drug is the company’s best seller‚ with sales last year of $2.11 billion‚ representing a 22% increase from the year before. I will review whether pharmaceutical companies have engaged in activities that will prevent generic brands to the prescription drug from
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