Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

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    User 170941
    Apr 01 01:15 AM
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    Mar 29 05:14 PM
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    No Moss
    Mar 29 10:25 AM
    Big Pharma Power Shift: CFOs Have the Mojo Now [view article]
    I wonder how long it will be before some rationalization starts to appear in the domestic market for drugs. Americans pay more for drugs than other countries, mostly because the drug distribution system isn't rationalized in the US. Large drug plan administrators, like Caremark, purchase drugs at steep discounts to what local drug stores can. They mandate the use of generics in some cases. They prevent prescriptions with interaction problems. They maintain highly automated and efficient pharmacies that send out drugs by mail or UPS.

    Because the US doesn't have a national health plan, the distribution scene is a hodge-podge of small pharmacies, regional chains, and national chains. In turn, HMOs, employers, unions, and other groups use pharmacy benefit managers in which formularies (allowed drugs) are unique and charges vary according to the membership of the plan. Customers usually get the first prescription at a local pharmacy and subsequent prescriptions by mail order from the plan.

    A national prescription drug plan would greatly reduce costs and inefficiencies. The problem is that this would also decimate the pharmacy industry in the US, at least the small pharmacies. It would also create a problem as to how to distribute the business between drug plan administrators. However, the savings to the general public would be substantial.

    The fact is that large-scale rationalization of this industry is on the way as baby-boomers start buying drugs in large quantities for their various ailments.

    Rationalization equals declining margins. Enter the accountants.     Reply
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    Rick S.
    Mar 28 12:30 PM
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    And if I'm not an American? Am I allowed to throw a word or two of another language into my remarks? You can't be much of an English speaker either, Sigler, if you are thrown by the expressions "Mazel tov" and "Shalom." One final point: Check the Bio of Eli Hoffman. You will discover he's Israeli. Reply
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    User 168926
    Mar 27 11:11 AM
    Big Pharma Power Shift: CFOs Have the Mojo Now [view article]
    The finance role should not be restricted keeping score, however in an increasingly complex financial system it is important that finance first masters the 'new basics' of complex financial products, systemic exchange rate changes and risk (both internal and macro).
    Once these are covered, I feel they should be a team member (not leader) in working on cost reduction and more importantly assisting the process of drug development by providing useful financial tools lower in the pyramid (examples: aligned budgeting and headcount systems etc).
    IMHO the major boardroom opportunity is not in finance as addressed in the Ernst & Young report but in human resources. The metamorphosis most needed, not just in the boardroom but at every level in drug companies, is to change HR from just 'keeper of the rules/rewards' to engaged team player who understands the business, nurtures talent, enables change, benchmarks BioTechs, slaughters sacred cows, manages/rewards/retain... a global talent pool and most importantly translates new company strategy into CHANGES in HR systems that support a common goal.
    As Big Pharma attempts to change gear into something more efficient, it would be foolish to try to do this without fundamentally changing the HR role. During a gearchange the only gear that stays unaltered is one that was neither engaged before or after.
    The successful Big Pharma CEO will need a broader and more alligned role from all his functions. Cost cutting by putting finance on steroids won't deliver more successful products--Detroit is testament to that.     Reply
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    NI123
    Mar 24 01:22 AM
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    What Kranky says about WMT's meat is absolutely true. A couple of weeks ago, my neighbor bought $40 worth of ribeyes from WMT to celebrate a new job. They looked normal in the package, looked and smelled great on the grill, but I noticed something odd the moment I cut into one: there was no noticeable marbling - my steak cut like a thick slab of country ham. Unfortunately, due to all the saline WMT pumps into their meats (10% in most cases - check the meat label and see for yourself), my $10 ribeye tasted like a salty breakfast ham. I kid you not, it had the same consistency and taste of a freakin ham, even down to the little bubbles that form in a chopped and formed ham. I was disgusted, and will never buy WMT meat again. I am getting to the point where I won't buy WMT's groceries again, because as other posters here have pointed out, the larger grocery stores do actually tend to have cheaper prices. Are they collaborating to make Wal-Mart's food department a thing of the past? I hope so - WMT is growing too large for comfort. Reply

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