liabilities‚ equity‚ income and expenses are directly related to an organization ’s financial position. AstraZeneca is a global‚ innovative biopharmaceutical business whose mission is to make the most meaningful difference to the health of patients through great medicines and is focused on the discovery‚ development and commercialization of prescription medicine. In the case of AstraZeneca the user needs of the financial statements are to assist in making decisions. The information needs may
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selling drugs of respiratory‚ anti-virals and vaccines. As for AstraZeneca‚ it is more concentrated on the sale of drugs for diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous system‚ cancers and gastrointestinal. The gross profit margin has declined from 2005 to 2009 for GSK as a result of some combination of price increases. AstraZeneca has higher gross profit margin at 8‚42% in 2009 and 5‚46 % in 2008‚ because the gross sales of AstraZeneca is higher at 15% than GSK in 2009 and cost of goods sold is
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References: AstraZeneca (2006). LOSEC Intravenous. [Product data sheet]. New South Wales‚ Australia. AstraZeneca (2006). LOSEC: Omeprazole magnesium delayed released tablets. [Product monograph]. Ontario‚ Canada. Biddle‚ W.‚ (2003) Gastrosphageal Reflux Disease: Current Treatment Approaches. Gastroenterology Nursing
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1. TDI (The Tropical Disease Initiative) This programme was started because of lack of innovation and availability of drugs in tropical regions‚ especially; for diseases that are indigenous to the tropical regions. Drugs for diseases like the African sleeping sickness‚ dengue fever‚ kwashiorkor‚ malaria‚ tuberculosis etc.‚ are only 1% of the newly developed drugs. Due to patent incentives for the Western pharmaceutical companies and lack of payers for the drugs in the Tropics‚ drug availability is
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also be concerning. • Treatment typically consists of diet‚ exercise‚ and medications. • Statins are the first-line medical treatment for hyperlipidemia: Lipitor (atorvastatin)‚ Lescol (fluvastatin)‚ Mevacor (lovastatin)‚ Pravachol (pravastatin)‚ Crestor (rosuvastatin)‚ Zocor (simvastatin) • Medications less commonly prescribed: LoCholest (cholestyramine)‚ Colestid (colestipol)‚ Lopid (gemfibrozil)‚ Tricor (fenofibrate)‚ Niacin‚ Omega-3 fatty
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[pic] 行銷管理與顧客分析 2012/1/31 Pfizer’s Lipitor new strategy for patent expired NTU EMBA 100B Paul‚ Wai-Hou Chan 陳惠濠 Table of Contents I. Introduction II. About Lipitor (Atorvastatin) III. Pfizer’s strategy IV. Patients seem to benefit from Pfizer’s new strategy V. Potentially profitable for retailers VI. Pfizer after Lipitor VII. Is Pfizer’s Lipitor strategy working? VIII. Wholesaler Profits: Brand vs. Generic drug IX. Pfizer is hoping to sell Lipitor to
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Henry Williams is a 74-year-old African American who was admitted for shortness of breath secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation. His past medical history is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hyperlipidemia‚ asthma‚ hear loss‚ and hypertension. His neighbor brought him to the emergency room because he was having difficulty breathing and weakness. When he was brought to the emergency room‚ he was very weak and restlessness. Williams breathing
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2012] Merck & Co Sanofi (2012) Our Company [Online] http://en.sanofi.com/our_company/our_company.aspx [accessed 28th December 2012] Sanofi (2011) Annual review and Financial Statements 2011 AstraZeneca (2012) About Us [Online] http://www.astrazeneca.com/About-Us [accessed 28th December 2012] AstraZeneca (2011) Annual review and Financial Statements 2011 Findlay‚ M. (2009) What Does the Global Economic Downturn Mean to the Pharma Industry? [Online] http://www.frost.com/sublib/display-market-insight-top
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References: AstraZeneca: Nexium (n.d). Retrieved from http://www.purplepill.com/> Celebrex: Arthritis Treatment. (n.d). Retrieved from http://www.celebrex.com/default.aspx. Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare: Panadol. (n.d). Retrieved from http://panadol.com/All About
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likely increase. It is something she is not willing to do at this point‚ but would consider for the future‚ depending on how her stomach is feeling. We will check an A1C in approximately six months. Hyperlipidemia. She seems to be tolerating the Crestor. She will continue with that for now and I will update labs again with the next blood draw. Recent diagnoses of polymyalgia rheumatica. I discussed with her that I would be happy to speak with the office manager at Dr. Kunz’s office to see about
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