A Look at Data Mining in the Pharmaceutical Industry Topics Covered: 1) What is Data Mining and why is it used? 2) How is Data Mining used in the Pharmaceutical Industry? 3) Recent debate in the legality of Data Mining and the Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage of the growing use of technology in the healthcare arena by using data to enhance their marketing efforts and increase the quality of research and development. The process of data mining
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The HIV/AIDS Epidemic In South Africa Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of many infectious diseases that plague the world today. According to the 2007 AIDS epidemic update put out by The United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNIADS) there were approximately 2.1 million AIDS related deaths and 33.2 million people infected with HIV world wide (UNAIDS/WHO Working Group‚ 2007). Despite its abundant resources and its well-developed
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U.S Foreign Aid to Africa Some people speak against U.S foreign aid being sent to Africa for humanitarian reasons. Others speak out in favor of such actions. All of us have seen the news tickers with vital headlines about “people being devastated by droughts in Zimbabwe and unhygienic water in Sudan”‚ but what is their government doing about it. Personally‚ I’ve asked myself several founded inquiries about where is this foreign aid going to and what are some of the achievements being made. I’ve
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for the industry going forward? 1.Though the average level of profitability in the pharmaceutical industry has been declining over time (In 2002‚ the average ROIC in the industry was 21.6%; by 2006‚ it had fallen to 14.5%)‚ historically‚ the pharmaceutical industry has been a profitable one. Because- Name of industry | Average ROIC(Between 2002 and 2006) | Pharmaceuticals | 16.45%(large) | computer hardware | 12.76% | Electronics | 3.88% | 2. The prospect for the industry for going
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Major firms of the world pharmaceutical industry Pharmaceutical industry is characterized by high level of concentration. There are about dozen of multinational companies that dominate in industry. Most of companies are not widely diversified and more than 50% of revenues come from sales of pharmaceutical products. There are few companies in industry that have other large sources of income‚ for example Johnson & Johnson. The pharmaceutical industry has two distinct functions:
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Global Pharmaceutical Industry Analysis September 21 2009 Dibakar Mitra (P08017) I Manoj Joshi (B08026) Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 4 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION 5 ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS (PEST) 7 STRUCTURAL INDUSTRY ANALYSIS (PORTER) 8 STRATEGIC ISSUES FACING THE INDUSTRY 11 STRATEGIC GROUPS IN THE INDUSTRY ACCORDING TO MARKET/DRUG/FUNCTIONING 15 PROCESS FLOW: IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS 16 STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO CHALLENGES: SIMPLE CORRELATION BETWEEN GROUP
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2001 AIDS and violent conflict in Africa * In sub-Saharan Africa there are more than 25 million Africans infected with HIV/AIDS (70 percent of the world’s cases) and 17 million dead; on its current trajectory‚ by 2010 the disease will decrease life expectancy on the continent to levels found at the beginning of the last century. * Many governments‚ international organizations‚ and NGOs have joined a UN-led movement to address the causes and effects of AIDS in
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|The Pharmaceutical Industry | |Consolidated Paper | | | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Macro-Environmental Challenges 3 Political Challenges within the Macro-Environment 5 Economic Challenges within the Macro-Environment 8 Social Challenges within the Macro-Environment 11 Technological
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| EU Aid to South Africa | HIV/AIDS in South Africa | This research is about the current HIV/AIDS situation in South Africa‚ and the involvement of the European Union in this issue. | Ena Macic (11067365) Jozua Dam (11034505) ES4e-1D Lecturer: Dave van Ginhoven April 19‚ 2012 Executive summary The aim of this research report is to inform about the spread of HIV/AIDS; how can the EU work better with South Africa to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS? It is known that the problem is quit
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History of SWOT In the 1960’s and 70’s‚ Albert Humphrey is said to have developed this strategic planning tool using data from the top companies in America at the time. A SWOT Analysis looks at the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats that are relevant to an organization in a new venture. A SWOT Analysis is a tool which allows users to look at the direction a company or organization may wish to move towards in the future. A SWOT Analysis is a useful tool‚ which in conjunction with others
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