Amy Velez‚ et al.‚ v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. is one of the largest gender discrimination lawsuits ever to go to trial. The class action lawsuit claimed Novartis Pharmaceuticals (NPC) practiced sex discrimination against female employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Wilson 2010). The plaintiffs are nineteen women presently or formerly employed by NPC in sales related positions. They claimed the NPC discriminated against them in various ways‚ including compensation‚ promotion
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Quality Management on Domestic and Global Competition In Pakistan‚ Sanofi-Aventis and GlaxoSmithKline are pharmaceutical companies that market popular products and carry very similar medications. Companies like these have the mission and responsibility of providing medicines and vaccinations to better people’s live in different countries and communities. One of the largest and leading pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan is the Sanofi-Aventis Pakistan Limited. The chains put most of their focus on
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acquisitions of smaller companies that made proprietary medicines. In 1931‚ AHP purchased John Wyeth & Brother‚ Inc. from Harvard University. Another important acquisition was that of Canada’s Ayerst Laboratories in 1943. Ayerst was a large pharmaceutical company that had introduced Premarin‚ the world’s first conjugated estrogen product‚ and now the most widely prescribed product in the United States (ahp.com). In March of 1982‚ Sherwood Medical was acquired‚ enabling AHP to capture a share of
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Deontological Ethical Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Marketing In Deontological ethics‚ morality of an action is based upon the particular action’s adherence to moral laws independent of their consequences (DeGeorge 62). Direct-to-consumer marketing of pharmaceuticals has had heated debate with logical arguments from those for‚ and for those against allowing such practices to exist. I do not believe the marketing of the prescription medication to be solely unethical but more
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patients” (Abraham 2010:604). According to Abraham (2010)‚ pharmaceuticalization is currently on an upward spiral and this dramatic increase can be attributed to five different factors. These five explanations are biomedicalism‚ medicalization‚ pharmaceutical industry promotion and marketing‚ consumerism‚ and regulatory-state ideology or policy. Each of these explanatory factors are mutually interactive but competing and it will be explained how this is in the following paragraphs. The biomedicalization
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Cannabis verses pharmaceutical drugs to treat seizure disorders Melissa M. Phillips COM/172 April 21‚ 2014 Scott Tobias Cannabis verses pharmaceutical drugs to treat seizure disorders. Chronic illnesses are prevalent this day and age due to various environmental factors‚ lifestyle choices‚ and the use of pharmaceutical drugs. There are various pharmaceutical drugs to treat patients who have chronic pain‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ Alzheimer ’s‚ cancer‚ and various seizure disorders. However‚ the
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Practical Analysis Introduction It was found by Dr. Wallace in 1888‚ as a diversified Pharmaceutical and Health Care company providing human and veterinarian pharmaceutical products and nutritional ones. Abbott is located in Abbott Park‚ Illinois with 65‚000 employees and operates in 130 countries. Their net income and revenue is calculated in billions. In addition‚ Abbott Laboratories provided a number of unique developments program for their staff (physicians and scientist) these programs
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The Balanced Scorecard: Omnicare Pharmacy Omnicare Pharmacy is a provider of pharmaceutical care to long-term nursing homes and facilities. The services are focused on the residents we serve and improving their quality of life‚ along with reducing the cost of the pharmacy bill. As a result‚ our vision as a pharmacy provider is to provide the right drug‚ right dose‚ and to the right patient (Omnicare 2010). In order to achieve the vision we have set for ourselves we need
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The impact of the implementation of single exit pricing for pharmaceuticals in South Africa Daleen Pretorius A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce‚ Law and Management‚ University of the Witwatersrand‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration Johannesburg‚ 2011 ABSTRACT Pricing regulations have been implemented within the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa to ensure improved access to healthcare. The implementation
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This report provides comprehensive information on the current therapeutic developmental pipeline of Iroko Pharmaceuticals‚ LLC’s Market‚ complete with comparative analysis at various stages‚ therapeutics assessment by drug target‚ mechanism of action (MoA)‚ route of administration (RoA) and molecule type. It also reviews latest updates‚ and featured news and press releases‚ along with special features on late-stage and discontinued projects. The report features investigational drugs from across
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