Word: jann
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...firm was spending too much money for research (about 15% of revenues, v. 7% to 12% for other firms). Hoffmann-La Roche executives were so incensed by the British order that they called the first press conference in the company's 77-year history to protest. Said Chairman Jann: "They accused us of doing too much research! Until now, all scientists have expressed the opinion that so many problems are unsolved that every possible effort should be made to solve them...
...Roche executives contend that the price of widely used drugs must be set high in order to subsidize the heavy development costs of new drugs-some of which can never be profitable because they are sold only in small quantities to treat rare diseases. Says Roche Chairman Adolf W. Jann: "There are just a handful of drugs priced at the level we need to recover the extremely high research costs of all drugs...
...weeks later to pick up a sort of patchwork personality portrait, sewn together by Linda for $200 or so. Customers do not seem to worry that her interpretations of their personalities will be too freaky. "Basically," she says, "people will wear anything they can get away with." New Yorker Jann Johnson, 24, carries the idea a logical step further: she has been embroidering her jeans with the story of her life. Her home, for example, is symbolized by a leather skyline of Manhattan; her California past is portrayed on a knee. "Actually," she hastily says, "they're not quite...