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ARE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS HEROES OR VILLIANS? 2 Lessons. Learning objectives Definitions of TNC, pharmaceutical companies and tobacco companies To research the impacts of these companies in MEDCs and LEDCs. Starter- Definitions Quiz. Define Birth Rate Define Mortality Rate
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ARE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS HEROES OR VILLIANS?2 Lessons Learning objectives Definitions of TNC, pharmaceutical companies and tobacco companies To research the impacts of these companies in MEDCs and LEDCs
Starter- Definitions Quiz • Define Birth Rate • Define Mortality Rate • What does AIDs stand for? • Define Morbidity • What does CHD stand for? • What would be a good statistic to use instead of GNP to compare the wealth of two countries with varying population sizes?
Question Papers • Have a look through your exam paper • Have a think about what what you answered well and what you need to do to improve • Any questions, please ask
Definitions-Please copy down TNC – Trans National Corporation A company which operates in more than one country around the world. Often with HQ in MEDCs and branch plants in LEDCs Pharmaceutical corporation – a company which makes drugs for medical reasons Eg. GlaxoSmithKline Tobacco industry – a few TNCs produce more than 500 billion cigarettes a year globally such as Phillip Morris and British American Tobacco who have 19% and 17% of world market share
Constant Gardener http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4iTjavIkbk
GlaxoSmithKline • We are a science-led global healthcare company • We have a challenging and inspiring mission: to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. This mission gives us the purpose to develop innovative medicines and products that help millions of people around the world. • Headquartered in the UK, we are a global organisation with offices in over 100 countries and major research centres in the UK, USA, Spain, Belgium and China. • But being a leader brings responsibility. This means that we care about the impact that we have on the people and places touched by our mission to improve health around the world.
American Pharmaceutical Group • The organisation that represents the nine leading US-owned pharmaceutical companies operating in the UK. • A key focus for the APG is working to create a better understanding of the role and value of the pharmaceutical industry, and in particular the key part played by US companies, who account for more than half the world's expenditure on new drug development.
Thalidomide • Most people who recognize the name “thalidomide” associate it with “birth defects.” Introduced in the late 1950s, this drug was marketed as a sleeping aid, sedative, morning-sickness remedy and anti-nausea medication in at least 46 countries. Among the many people who took thalidomide were pregnant women (and women who did not yet know they were pregnant). It was discovered then that thalidomide caused severe birth defects. In many cases, babies affected by thalidomide did not survive; those who did often had shortened arms or legs (phocomelia), deafness, blindness or gastrointestinal anomalies.
4 Groups- Research for two Debates. 1=Pharmaceuticals, 2=Tobacco • You are GlaxoSmithKline 2. You are an international public health awareness group ‘Global Citizen Corps’ • You are an environmental action group ‘Greenpeace’ • You are tobacco giant Benson and Hedges
Cont… • You are thalidomide babies (grown up) • You are the Indian government • You are the American Pharmaceutical Group • You are someone who is grieving the loss of your husband to lung cancer caused by smoking (you choose if overseas or the UK)
