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More important, these bulk customers don't use wholesalers to source generic products, which are expected to replace 80% of the revenue from brand-name drugs by 2015. "Generics mean slow top-line growth but are ultimately much more profitable for wholesalers," says Richard Close, an analyst for Jefferies & Co. "By focusing on the big chains, Cardinal had basically ceded generics to McKesson and AmerisourceBergen...
...whether each of the country's 26 cantons (similar to states) should be obligated to appoint a special attorney to represent pets and farm animals in court in cases of alleged abuse. The initiative is just one of many put before the electorate every year in Switzerland's unique brand of direct democracy, in which anyone can bring an issue up for a vote provided he or she has enough signatures on a petition. While some may grumble that the initiatives are, at times, trivial - animal lawyers being the exception, of course - the ability to decide on matters of national...
...Kingston puts his finger on one failing in modern Japanese corporations like Toyota: those lower in the organization find it difficult to deliver bad news to managers. Nearly every company faces this issue from time to time. "But this is a brand-threatening, life-endangering crisis," he says. Changing the way Toyota works won't be easy, says Grossberg. "Management cannot turn on a dime. They have so much invested in doing things the Toyota way," he says...
...Schmitz pokes fun at Wagley's claim that "'those who engage in premarital sex are more prone to depression and more likely to get divorced'" by snarkily reminding Der Spiegel's readers that "she just read some brand new scientific literature to this effect...
Spielman packed up the cards and put them away. Cortez went out to the truck to check on Private Seth Scheller, who was the only one on guard. Scheller was a brand-new private and he had been in the truck all morning...