The mix should have a sufficient initial impact and long term viability on sales so as to recover CSP initial investment of $400 million in 10 years. In 2005 the overweight U.S. population was about 209 million Americans. Competitors in the weight loss drugs included Alli, which was an over-the-counter drug with FDA approval, all other competitors were herbal or dietary supplements thus not regulated by any governing body. The legal and social climate at the time was not in favor of the drug industry. As a whole this industry was tagged with deceptive advertising because side effects where not known until after the product reached the market, thus this translated to low credibility from consumer’s and the professional medical community perspective.
The third viewpoint is from the United Kingdom found that the adverse effects of food dyes on symptoms of ADHD were moderated by histamine degradation gene (HNMT). And food additives can trigger histamine release and the HNMT can impair the histamine clearance (389). The author’s purpose in writing of this article was to address the role that food additives and artificial dye in ADHD. There was research done by Dr. Benjamin Feingold in the 1970’s that did not provide enough convincing evidence. More rigorous empirical studies were done over the last twenty years and they were still not conclusive.
The memo should request a set-timed conference call amongst decision makers to evaluate new information and answer questions. The call should suggest developing a plan to disassociate the Taco Bell brand from the consumer health violation, as well as reevaluate current use of approved genetically modified substances in its restaurants. Kraft Foods, Inc. should be second in the communication pipeline. Being late on a Friday, a direct telephone call would be the source of communication in order to streamline answers to this external crisis. The main point delivered should be to get in touch with Aventis and come to a conclusion as to how this contamination occurred.
Heroin Addiction (Current Events) Researchers estimate that heroin use has increased in the U.S. by nearly 60% over the past ten years. Law enforcement officials believe the spike in heroin use is driven by addicts not being able to afford more expensive prescription pain killers. “They’re hooked on prescription drugs but when the prescription runs out, they switch to $5 and $10 bags of heroin,” Christopher Goldrick of the Rockland Narcotics Task Force told U.S.A. Today According to the most recent figures from the CDC, drug overdose claimed more lives than any other injury in 2010, with 60% of those deaths related to pharmaceutical drugs. The CDC also reports that 75% of prescription drug overdose deaths involve painkillers such as
Unfortunately, Fen-Phen also ended up stimulating the serotonin 2B receptor, which eventually led to the problems with the heart (Madrigal, 2008). In September 1997 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary withdraw of Fen-Phen by the drug company. This action was based on new findings from doctors who had evaluated patients taking these two drugs with echocardiograms, a special procedure that can test the functioning of heart valves. These findings indicate that approximately thirty percent of patients who were evaluated had abnormal echocardiograms, even though they had no symptoms. This was a much higher than expected percentage of abnormal test results.
Physician Shortage: Economic Concept of demand and demand shifts Roberta Mimms University of Phoenix Health Care Economics HCS 552 Amy Shoales April 23, 2012 Physician Shortage: Economic Concept of demand and demand shifts Many of us have the thought that the idea of being a physician, doing good for another individual, has such an appeal that medical schools should have a waiting list several years long. But that is not so. The world is suffering from a shortage of physicians. The Society of Critical Care Medicine, as cited by Gorman (2011), reports that the “shortage of full-time physicians will approach nearly 125,000 by 2025. It is estimated that we will need 1.7 new physicians to replace each one of our retiring physicians
The other benefit our government received had to do with the changes caused in the economy when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened. What happened that day, cost the U.S. $20 billion dollars and caused the global market to fall over $100 billion dollars. This made it easier for our government to trade certain goods with other certain countries. This is also a good excuse to raise taxes and the prices of oil and anything else people need so the government is spending money but maybe not as much as they were receiving. The terrorist attacks also caused the major debt the U.S. was in
The Cholesterol Race PCSK9 stands for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9. PCSK9 inhibitors are being made to help reduce cholesterol. Scientists are very optimistic that PCSK9 inhibitor drugs can decrease cholesterol, which is one of the major health problems in the United States today. Many people are dying each year because of high cholesterol. Two companies are gaining a lot of ground on coming up with a drug to lower cholesterol without horrible side effects.
“It’s an industry that runs to nearly $3 billion a year in the U.S. alone ... It’s a real growth industry, expanding in the US at 10% or more yearly.” (3) With profits like these, no wonder the drug companies want a cut. Last year the United States paid Turkey $35,000,000 to suppress its opium crop. In effect, our government was erecting a protective tariff against foreign heroin, thereby subsidizing the domestic methadone market, dominated by such corporate giants as Eli Lilly and Malinckrodt Chemical. Methadone is a synthetic addictive narcotic, three to four times stronger then heroin. Every day 10.9 people die from Methadone (according to 2004 stats, not including car accident deaths caused by drivers under the influence
Major Problems/Themes The two major problems/themes in this case study are the following: • Environmental issue – formaldehyde In the 1980s, Danish authorities passed regulations to define limits for formaldehyde emissions permissible in building products. IKEA products emitted more formaldehyde than was allowed by legislation and due to the publicity of the issue, its sales dropped 20% in Denmark. IKEA passed on stringent requirements regarding formaldehyde emissions to its suppliers and found ways to reduce formaldehyde off-gassing in its products through collaborations with companies. However, 10 years later, the formaldehyde problem returned in the lacquer of their best-selling bookcase series, Billy. Substantial sales and goodwill losses on global level gave IKEA a $6-$7 million loss.