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...take more than a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars in development costs for a company to market an effective drug from natural resources, and the big scores are rare. But they do happen. As many as a quarter of all prescription drugs today are linked to the kinds of indigenous discoveries that make Brazilian catuaba bark a rain-forest version of Viagra for the herbal-supplement crowd. Two of Eli Lilly's more successful cancer drugs, Velban and Oncovin, were developed from Madagascar's rosy periwinkle plant, found through a shaman some 40 years ago. In the 1990s...
Consistency--a trait rare in the airline industry--has been a hallmark of SIA's management. CEO Cheong Choong Kong, 61, who will leave the airline in June, has run the show for nearly two decades, having worked his way up from an assistant manager for reservations. After taking over in 1984, he moved aggressively to stretch the airline worldwide; he was the main proponent of Singapore's successful push to become the first Southeast Asian country to sign a bilateral open-skies agreement with the U.S, in 1997. This treaty lets the airline fly to any American city...
...Tibetan statue of Buddha made of gilded bronze, which he keeps at his home in Zug. "I talk to him sometimes," says Vasella, "and I say, 'You know, I like you better than Jesus.'" Vasella swims two or three times a week and likes to target shoot on the rare occasion when he can make it to the range. He enjoys walking his Rottweiler and bullterrier and riding his BMW and Harley-Davidson motorcycles over the hilly terrain around Zug. Vacations are precious--a chance to spend time with his wife, his 18-year-old daughter...
Such drugs can also have other applications. That's what guides Novartis' continuing research on Gleevec, a revolutionary drug initially directed against a rare leukemia. Responding to petitions from patients, Vasella pushed to complete clinical trials of the drug in just 32 months. It was recently approved to treat a second rare cancer that affects the stomach. Now Novartis is evaluating its effects in combination with other drugs on more common cancers, such as those of the prostate...
...Stern keeps all the scenes clipped, rarely letting his actors—or the audience—ruminate about anything for more than five minutes at a time. Thus, on the rare occasions when a scene becomes tender or graceful, it feels out of place...