“We did not develop this medicine [Nexavar] for Indians, we developed it for western patients who can afford it.” These inflammatory words, uttered by Bayer AG Chairman Marijn Dekkers at a Financial Times global pharmaceutical forum last month, have flared into an international firestorm,...Read More
First, the bottom line: According to the Jan. 27-Feb. 2 print edition of BusinessWeek: “Money velocity is at an all-time low, which usually signals growth.” Second: “We’re simply not going to get inflation,” declares a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. How does...Read More
In January 2014, where are the busiest airports with the most international traffic? In days of old one might have listed London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Rome the like. According to Fortune magazine, London (Heathrow) is still the top global airport for international travellers. But who’s...Read More
If you’re on a calendar fiscal year, right now you’re probably plugging in semi-final numbers for the C-execs to bless in your 2014 operating plan. You probably went through your business goals, threw up some modest growth figures (to possibly have them sent back for rationale that shows faster and...Read More
Big hospitals know the power of brand. Given the intimate and highly individualized nature of healthcare decision making, big hospital marketing departments know that brand plays a key role in capturing market share from other hospitals, particularly smaller hospitals. That’s why they spend millions...Read More
Mega-communicator Roger Ailes notes that the first seven seconds of contact represent the critical ones. All kinds of events transpire. In those seven seconds, you make up your mind whether you like something or someone, and if you have a choice, you decide whether or not to continue a relationship,...Read More
What is the role of higher education in sustaining and driving a national economy? Dr. Peter Kissinger, a seasoned bioscience entrepreneur and professor of analytical chemistry at Purdue University, (and also a fellow colleague MEK’s Managing Principal on the Advisory Council of the $1 billion...Read More
Near-blasphemous, anti-growth blather? Particularly when U.S. auto sales are peaking at a six year high and people are congratulating each other for a bull-like market? Well, I didn’t come up with this headline. It was recently penned by Alan Sloan, Fortune magazine’s senior editor-at-large for finance...Read More
