n o superthug
marika
waiting to find out Goofy's place in the global power structure and whether
he and Pluto intend to have territorial issues
those dogs didn't invent that marking their territory thing without thinking it through very carefully
mk5000
-----Original Message-----
From: marika <marik...@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.australian,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
Date: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: INTERNATIONAL STUFF - Global Success Highlights | Tax Law | R&D | Patents | Generics
>
>Frank Kalder wrote in message <1189941136....@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com>...
>marika wrote:
>> Frank Kalder - http://haplifnet.blogspot.com -
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>>
>
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>. Global Success Highlights, Tax Law, R&D, and Patents
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>>
>> > [...]
>
>> I'll have to take a peek at the pdf later.
>
>Summary Report, page 7 (of 26):
>http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/download/ar/summaryreport2006.pdf
>>
>> > Global business partition: 51% Americas, 31% Europe, 18% RoW.
>>
>Global Activities: http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/asp/global/global.asp
>
>This family-owned corporation has currently almost 38,400 employees
>and 137 affiliated companies spread around the globe. ...
>
>> History: http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/corp/corp_hist1_1.htm
>>
>> Fascinating bio!
>>
>
>
><<Indeed.
>You replied to the post which I had deleted because of a link error.
>That's why I've rearranged it (above); and repeated it at the
>Haplifnet with some supplements (at the bottom):
>http://groups.google.com/group/HAPLIF-GOVERNANCE/msg/5a26638d3772f849
>
>>>
>
>it is ok now, I wondered why you twice repeated the link to 2 mildy different subjects
>
>> > Shareholder's Perspective:
>>
>> > "Family-owned companies such as ... are attracting
>> > considerable interest these days. As their strategy
>> > and investments are often directed towards ensuring
>> > the continuation of the company in the long term,
>> > family-owned companies have often proved to be particularly
>> > stable and crisis-resistant, especially in the volatile
>> > market conditions of recent years.
>>
>> > The success of value-based family-owned companies is also
>> > confirmed by various surveys and indices comparing family-owned
>> > companies with listed ones. It is borne out by our own success
>> > as well.
>>
>> Family owned or so called privately held Subchapter S corporations
>> have a special status in US tax law, making it clear that the US
>> desires to promote the continuation and success of such corporations.
>> Tax law is often used to create economic policy or to steer
>> it in certain directions.
>>
>ACK.
>>
>> > [...]
>>
>> > We look forward to continuing to work closely with
>> > our employees, the Board of Managing Directors and
>> > the Advisory Board for the good of ... as a whole.
>> > Despite what is sometimes a difficult economic and
>> > political environment, and some highly competitive
>> > markets, we are confident that we are set to remain
>> > one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies."
>> > http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/ar/shareholdersperspective.asp
>>
><<Here's a photo of Christian Boehringer (42), Chairman
>of the Shareholders' Committee (as of January 2007):
>http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/ar/images/content/illu-christian_boehringer.jpg
>
>>>
>
>A very handsome man. I bet his leadership qualities are even better than his looks.
>
>>
>> Interesting. One of the concerns of a typical pharmaceutical
>> these days is self styled ecoterrorists and the like.
>>
>> The other bottom line one is controlling prices to the market
>> while continuing to perform research and development.
>>
>> Natürlich icke weiß kein bout your patent and intellectual
>> property rights. In US it is about 21 years of exclusivity
>> after which if you don't replenish that property right with
>> another special formula your value on the market plummets.
>>
>> Of course in the US, cost of complying with regulations and
>> dealing with lawsuits is another issue.
>>
><<In Europe it is 20 years. However, the R&D and clinical tests of drugs
>require, thereof, about 10 to 12 years. And this is extremely cost-
>intensive and risky.
>
>"10 bis 12 Jahre durchschnittliche Entwicklungszeit eines Medikamentes
>von der Entdeckung des Wirkstoffes (=Patentierung) bis
>Markteinführung." http://www.fopi.at/data/media/1415.pdf (page 4 of
>23).
>
>Germany - a Pharma R&D "Standort"
>http://www.vfa.de/de/forschung/so-funktioniert-pharmaforschung/amf_standortfaktoren.html
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>>>
>
>that's quite a long pdf, I'm not sure I would have got to page 4 in technical language in one day, but when I get to a pdf equipped
>computer I'll take a stab. It's an interesting comparison.
>
>> "I stopped watching the cable news networks a couple of years
>> ago due to the ickyness and the general lack of news. However,
>> if there were such a thing as the Zombie Frank Zappa News Network,
>> you bet your ass I would resubsrcibe. --surferelf
>>
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><<Cute "icke" vs. "icky"!>>
>
>indeed ickyness in the news may here be dually interpreted as abundance of ego and self interest
>
>. O'zapft (Berlin)
>>
>> > Another "schmunzl" story by Kerstin Jäckel (who stems from
>> > Rhineland-Palatinate):
>>
>> > "O'zapft is - icke war da!"
>> > http://bunte.t-online.de/c/12/38/90/46/12389046.html
>>
>> Berliners say "icke" instead of "ich" ("I").>>
>>
>> Good ones~!
>>
>> She resembles my realtor.
>>
>Cute!
>>
>> And she's got her mirndl dirndl on.
>>
>:)
>
>> I guess Paris Hilton isn't doing any Oktoberfest hosting
>> in Germany this year.
>>
>> I've noticed such regional differences in the pronunciation
>> of the sound ch across Germany.
>>
>> I understand (unless someone is full of nonsense) that in
>> Vienna it's more like EEESSSH
>>
>
>
><<In Austria and Bavaria, e.g., "ich" is just "i" (EEE).>>
>
>No kidding! I didn't notice when I was there.
>I guess everyone was actually speaking english anyway.
>
>
>Which reminds me that I was musing yesterday, that Bayer which makes aspirin must just mean Bavarian aspirin. Which I will have to
>take after too much Oktoberfizza
>
>>
>. Connection
>
>> > A few days ago, I exchanged some information on a new joint
>> > venture etc with one of my buddies ...
>>
>> Nice connection!
>>
>. Generics & OTC
>
>> what do you mean by "generic corporation"?
>>
>
><<I should have used the plural...
>
>Global corporations or smaller companies producing and selling
>generics (in German "Generika") and/or OTC products ('over the
>counter'), i.e. preparations imitating existing drugs, using patent-
>free agents.
>
>In addition: Generic names or chemical names of drugs; also, their
>official non-brand names, etc.>>
>
>generic brand drugs,
>
>I had to check
>
>because a generic corporation would have just meant the average corporation with lack of a distinguishing characteristic
>
>Fashion statement:
>
>I have heard twice this week that "the color" coming out of Paris is GREY GRAU GREY
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>sounds boring
>
>mk5000
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>"all I thought of was the cloven hooves and how they clip, clip, clop over the woven roofs"--aesop rock, bring back pluto
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