Pepcid Case Analysis 1. Why does Merck want to switch Pepcid to OTC status when the patent is good for another six years? How attractive is this opportunity? Over-the-counter market growth is attractive to pharmaceutical companies like P&G who successfully changed Aleve from prescription strength to OTC. Once the patent for Pepcid expires in six years there will inevitably be fierce competition. Since the FDA usually takes so long to process an approval for a prescription-to-OTC switch
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still recovering from the First World War and the Wall Street Crash was to have an impact on industrial Britain. Stalin’s Russia was still in a desperate state and embarking on the 5 year plans. Therefore‚ an impoverished Weimar Germany could only call on America for help and they were effectively bankrupt by the end of 1929 and quite incapable of lending money. Companies throughout Germany - though primarily in the industrial zones such as the Ruhr - went bankrupt and workers were laid off in their
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financial system‚ and most importantly to protect the American tax payer. While the Act seems to have beneficial intentions‚ editors Hester Peirce and James Broughel seek to address the many flaws of the Act in the book “Dodd-Frank: What It Does and Why It’s Flawed”. Through extensive examples‚ the editors exhibit how the Dodd-Frank Act failed to complete its objectives in its attempt to solve the financial crisis. A major concern that appears to be reiterated throughout the book is the possibility
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Why does Frankenstein begin and end with Walton ’s letters? Victor Frankenstein is a scientist whose ambition will be fatal. His story is central to Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein. Nevertheless‚ Shelley gave a frame to Victor ’s tale as Frankenstein begins and ends with Captain Walton ’s letters. In this analysis‚ I will show that Shelley did not insert the letters by chance‚ but that they add a deeper dimension to the novel. Walton ’s letters play an important role for the reader may find many
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systems: time rate based‚ performance related pay‚ total reward‚ pay and share ownership‚ and flexible reward system. IPRP definition There are mainly two different forms of PRP. One form is fixed basic salary plus performance bonus. For instance‚ call center or factory work. The payment is determined by salary grade‚ experience‚ and work performance. Another is totally Performance-related rewards such as salesmen. Since it only can be used to limit areas‚ such as sports management‚ the details will
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Kelly Setters September 12‚ 2012 ENG 122 Teresa Plummer English Composition 2 Why the United States doesn’t have a Designated Language Why the United States doesn’t have a Designated Language Why the United States does not have an official language has been an ongoing debate for a long time. A lot of people are for it and a lot of people are against it. While conducting my research I learned that if the United States made English the official language of the country it would be going
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1. What does Gilgamesh search for in his life and why? 2. In what ways does the story in Gilgamesh parallel the story in the Old Testament in the Bible? Gilgamesh searches for immortality in his life. He sees immortality as a meaning to peace‚ meaning and joy in his life. After the death of his friend Enkidu‚ Gilgamesh suffers a lot for 7 days and thinks the only way to get peace is the eternal life. Since he is man for one third and god for two thirds Gilgamesh wants the status of the gods to
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The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40‚000 km (25‚000 mi) horseshoe shape‚ it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches‚ volcanic arcs‚ andvolcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes.[1] It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt. About 90%[2] of
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DOES GANDHI MATTER Mahatma Gandhi ‚as we all know‚ is one of the greatest sons of the Indian soil. He is the father of the nation and the maker of the modern independent republic of India. A lean‚ frail‚ ’half-naked fakir’ – armed with a wooden staff and simple dignity of a human being‚ he fought against the greatest empire‚ the world has known. Albert Einstein has said about him "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this in flesh and blood walked upon this earth". As a man
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What is Fascism and Why does it Emerge? The purpose of this essay is to explain what fascism is and why it emerges. Fascism is a political ideology that consists of an all powering totalitarian government‚ which has total control of the people‚ the nation and the economy. The fascist economic system creates an upper class for the owning/ruling class and leaves the working class in a lower state who in turn produce for the elite. To justify themselves as beneficial to the oppressed lower class
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