In 2000, it entered into a revenue sharing agreement with Vijay TV13 to provide two hours of Discovery programs in Tamil. Under the agreement, both channels shared the revenues earned through sale of advertisement slots during the broadcast of Discovery programs. In December 2000, Karnik announced his resignation and Deepak Shourie (Shourie) took over as MD of Discovery India. By 2001, Discovery realized that Indian viewers' perception of the channel had not yet changed - they still perceived it
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Pfizer Executive Summary Company Overview World’s largest global research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets safe and effective medicines. Mission To be the world’s most valued company to patients, customers, colleagues, investors, business partners and the communities where we work and live. Pharmaceutical Products Aricept Genotropin Spiriva Aromasin Geodon/Zeldox Sutent Caduet Lipitor Vfend
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Executive Summary The pharmaceutical company Merck has traditionally sold medicines and products that have been developed through its internal research. So, it is not surprising to see that the company spends quite a large amount of money on research. This is reflected in its financial statement as given in the exhibit 1. The R&D expenditure is about 7% of Merck’s revenues. The life cycle of a drug takes it from the research labs to three phases of testing, each increasingly complex, then through
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its initial promise, and drug discovery remains dominated by empirical screening. Recent successes in predicting new ligands and their receptor-bound structures, and better rates of ligand discovery compared to empirical screening, have re-ignited interest in virtual screening, which is now widely used in drug discovery, albeit on a more limited scale than empirical screening. T he dominant technique for the identification of new lead compounds in drug discovery is the physical screening of
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Table of Contents I. Early/mid stage biotech funding environment at a glance II. “Regenerate Biomedical” (fictional biotech company) overview a. Company milestones, stakeholders, funding to date b. Preliminary testing results for DRX c. Clinical Trials and funding needs for DRX d. Overview of Phase I Results for DRX e. Probability DRX clears phase II III. Market Overview - Hair Therapy Industry a. Market and competitive landscape b. DRX competitive advantage
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EMBA Winter 2016 SMO 860: Management of Technology and Innovation April ,07,2016 Case Analysis: Genzyme’s CSR Dilemma: How to Play Its HAND Marcio Augusto da Matta augustod@ualberta.ca Dr. Anthony R. Briggs ------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction Genzyme is a biotechnology company with a leading role in the world’s treatment for Orphan and neglected diseases. At the moment its Senior VP, Mr. Geragthy faces a time for decisions. The analysis
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How has the concept of childhood changed though history? Children have been apart of history as long as human beings have existed, however Prior to modern day notion of childhood, Children and childhood appears to be something that traditional historians have never considered, one of the many reasons that became of interest was due to the idea that childhood was a social construction. However the traditional view for a long time is that children were essentially little adults and the most famous
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Why are drugs so expensive to make? For over 20 years popular discussion has been made over the sky rocketing cost of medicine and the fact that a major contributor to the problem are the drug manufacturing companies. The cost of drugs are astronomically high. So high in fact that most insurance coverage of medications requires supplemental coverage to absorb out of pocket costs for clients. Even the social programs Medicare requires Part C or D for coverage of drugs which
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ENC 1101 27 October 2015 Television In today’s society, television plays such a significant role in peoples everyday lives. It is almost impossible to imagine how society would live if there was no television. Television is one of the most important sources of information in today’s world. There is a very slim chance that you will meet a family in America that doesn’t have a television in their household. There are many entertaining, educational, and cultural aspects to television.
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Anthony A. Mason American History -1110 Exploration and expansion Europe 1400’s The 1400s marked a time of exploration and expansion. The three developments that stimulated the age of exploration and expansion for Europe was agriculture, growth, and technology. Europe was a country based upon agriculture, farming and the raising of livestock which had had been practiced in Europe for thousands of years. Europe was mainly Christian und the authority of the Catholic
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