Informative Speech: Drug Shortages in Hospitals Paul Davis‚ the chief of an ambulance squad in Vernon‚ Ohio‚ was down to his last vial of morphine early September when a woman with a broken leg needed to get to the hospital. The ride was 30 minutes‚ and she was in obvious pain. But because of a recent countrywide shortage of drugs‚ his morphine supply had quickly dropped from four to one‚ leaving him with a dilemma. Should he treat the woman now or should he save it for a patient who might need
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GEneroso pharmaceutical &Chemicals Inc. Background of the Study: The Generoso Pharmaceutical and Chemicals Inc.‚ was once a family merchandising business and is now one of the emerging pharmaceutical companies in the Philippines. Due to its increase volumes of operation GPC was incorporated in the year 1982 and by the help of its treasurer and comptroller‚ Elizabeth Generoso segregates control over GPC’s different product lines and‚ thus‚ initiated the reorganization of GPC by 1988. In its
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business of Pharmaceutical companies:- Pharmaceutical companies are not especially big in terms of revenues‚ but they are very profitable. For instance‚ in 2001‚ Pfizer was ranked 127th in the world on total revenue (US$32·2 billion) but 7th in terms of profit.29 The pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable business sector‚ with an average 16·2% profit‚ ahead of financial companies (11·6%) and beverages (10%).30 However‚ net income growth has declined‚ and growth in the value of drug stocks
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Discuss issues associated with pharmaceutical transnational corporations regarding research‚ production and distribution of drugs. (15 marks) An example of an issue with pharmaceutical drug corporations is the ethics associated with researching the drugs. For example‚ Pfizer caused an international scandal when they illegally tested a drug to cure meningitis in Nigeria. 11 children died due to not enough research into the effects of the drug on children. This is an ethical issue‚ as if Pfizer
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Safety Implementations Table of Contents 1 Abstract 4 2 Introduction 5 3 Safe Drug Development Process in Pharmaceutical Companies 6 4 Pharmaceutical Unit Operation Safety Measures 10 4.1 Weighing and dispensing 10 4.2 Charging and discharging 10 4.3 Liquid separations 10 4.4 Filtration 11 4.5 Compounding 11 4.6 Drying 11 5 Biosafety Levels 12 5.1 Level 1 12 5.2 Level 2 12 5.3 Level 3 12 5.4 Level 4 13 6 Personal Protective Equipment 13 6.1 What is PPE? 13 6.2 OSHA Standards
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Introduction: Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (SPL) has been the trendsetter in Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Market since its inception in 1958. Over the last decade SPL actually rose to a new standard moving beyond manufacturing quality medicines to win mindshare of patients‚ physicians‚ shareholders‚ business partners‚ and communities where we work and live. Our dedication to add more value to the common wealth of the society compounded by innovative strategies for
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Motivating high performance in pharmaceutical sales teams is a growing issue in the pharmaceutical industry. The challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry in motivating sales teams are compounded by a variety of factors that many other industries do not face including: government regulation of sales practices‚ non-direct tracking of sales results‚ and the impact of managed care on sales performance. By impacting a few key team process and compensation elements pharmaceutical companies can have a significant
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density of its store (as we see on the text “downtown San Francisco has 21 stores within a one-million radius”). They established many stores with a variety of products and easy accessibility for all their clients. However their greater sector is the drug market. I think it won’t be easy; it will be hard but possible to overcome the challenges. We see how competence (Wal-Mart‚ CVS…) is getting advantages on the pharmacy business‚ for example‚ testing 24-hour pharmacies and offering eye exams. But‚
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With the power of medications and drugs‚ has allowed humanity to live long and healthy throughout their existence. Medications have not only become part of our world‚ but also our lives. Millions of people now depend on medications‚ or prescribed drugs to live‚ meaning that they need the medication to live without pain or complications‚ and prevents them from dying. The increasing demand and dependence on medication has led to an increase of the cost and prices of medication to skyrocket into the
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Pharmaceutical Marketing Merck “Merck has gone beyond developing and selling prescription pharmaceuticals. It formed joint ventures in 1989 with Johnson & Johnson to sell over the-counter pharmaceuticals; in 1991 with DuPont to expand basic research‚ and in 2000 with Scherigng-Plough to develop and market new prescriptions medicines. In 1997‚ Merck and Rhone-Poulenc S.A. (now Sanofi-Aventis S.A.) combined animal health and poultry genetics business to form Merial Limited‚ a fully integrated
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