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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The corporate sector all over the world is restructuring its operations through different types of consolidation strategies like mergers and acquisitions in order to face challenges posed by the new pattern of globalisation. The intensity of such operations is increasing with the de-regulation of various government policies as a facilitator of the neo-liberal economic regime. The intensity of cross-border operations recorded an unprecedented surge since the mid-1990s and the same trend continues
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Mergers and Acquisitions in different sectors in India Sector wise‚ large volumes of mergers and mergers and acquisitions in India have occurred in finance‚ telecom‚ FMCG‚ construction materials‚ automotives and metals. In 2005 finance topped the list with 20% of total value of mergers and acquisitions in India taking place in this sector. Telecom accounted for 16%‚ while FMCG and construction materials accounted for 13% and 10% respectively. In the banking sector‚ important mergers and acquisitions
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critical on Daimler’s choice of partner‚ apart from the motives presented in the case‚ one also needs to consider the enterprise environment trends during the time. 90’s was a wave of mergers and acquisitions characterized by Cross-border ventures (Lipton M.‚ 2006). According to Lipton it was an era where size mattered and mergers were considered the one-way to internationalization and market expansion. Furthermore‚ nine of the ten largest deals in history all took place in the three-year period 1998-2000
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Acquisitions‚ Buyouts and Mergers: Oh My!! Barriers and Solutions Paper Raymond J Papke Jr Concordia University MBA580-Leadership and Organizational Behavior 10/11/12 Abstract Acquisitions and mergers have become a staple in today’s economy. Whether on the acquiring end or on the receiving end‚ organizations experience all kinds of issues during these processes. This paper will highlight W.W. Grainger acquiring Imperial Supplies LLC in October‚ 2009. Imperial experienced and continues
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Meaning : A general term used to refer to the consolidation of companies. A merger is a combination of two companies to form a new company‚ while an acquisition is the purchase of one company by another in which no new company is formed. Basic information of icici bank (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank): ICICI Bank was established by the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India‚ an Indian financial institution‚ as a wholly owned subsidiary in 1994. The
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Opportunity Cost Associated with Merger of Airlines Student ECN 202 February 15‚ 2013 The airline industry on Feb 14‚ 2013 announced the merger of American Airlines and US Airways forming the biggest airline company American (Mouawad‚ 2013). That leaves just three airlines‚ American‚ Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to offer domestic and international service. Airline executives claim that mergers are good for passengers as they provide more service to more destinations. If this
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changed merger valuation Prepared For: Professor Omar Al-‐Jahmani Course: Advanced Financial Accounting (ACC 610) Term: Second Semester‚ 2012-‐2013 Prepared By: Mohamed S Sultan‚ MBA Program ID#: 20121025 Date: May 20th‚ 2013 The Effects of Accounting Fraud on Merger in Sudanese
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about to understand the conceptual how the merger of the bank takes place with their entire motive to provide services to the customers with the main motive to get positive result out of it. The report is specially promoted by a public review‚ initiated in 2000 by the government. The purpose was to acquire the TIMES Bank to increase the size & the network. Increase the total number of retail customer & their deposits. Main part of the merger gave a huge motive to attract the customer
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MERGER BETWEEN AT&T AND McCAW By: Shilpa Keswani Lakhani Kashif Khan Satyameet Singh Ahuja Moin Akhtar Madhur Chaudhary With multiple valuation numbers being arrived at ranging from 5.4 billion dollars to 173 billion‚ we believe that the most appropriate value for the organization is 12 billion dollars. It has been arrived at‚ by maintaining the industry standard of pricing a potential
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