But other medicines do, particularly when there is a new entrant being sold by a drug company that is better or, as has happened in heart failure, when evidence about medicines has emerged after they have gone off patent.
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Waksal sold his ImClone holdings after finding out the government was going to reject an application for a new cancer drug being developed by his company.
It's rare to see such protection on a phone that's not being marketed as a rugged device, let alone a company's new flagship.
Which is more likely to spur innovation: being hounded by Wall Street to produce new drugs or being buried in the thick bureaucracies of a giant drug company?
Innvo Labs wasn't sharing a single detail about its new Pleo at CES last year, but the company's being a bit more forthcoming now -- not only did CEO Derek Dotson grant the baby dino community a lengthy interview detailing most every improvement last week, but its Hong Kong parent is apparently already selling the robot abroad.
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Across the border in northern Spain, however, a new site is being prepared by one of the company's subsidiaries.
SERUM, being a privately owned company, committed financially and technically to the challenge at-hand of producing a new vaccine of the highest quality and at low cost affordable to African ministers of health.
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In the case of Apple, the decision as to what to do with its cash is tied up with a broader discussion about whether the company is transforming itself from being a growth stock - a highly innovative firm that reinvests its profits in expansion and new products - into a mature company with a stable business that pays a regular dividend.
Then, a year ago, just as a new 18-month turnaround plan was being announced, the company's chief executive, David Edmondson, resigned after it was revealed that he had lied about his academic credentials on his resume.
And unlike a job with a new company, you have the advantage of already being familiar with the company culture and industry jargon.
The release also claims a "large percentage" of OnLive staff is being hired into the new company with plans to hire more over time, while PR informs us the leadership team remains intact.
This new craft is being developed by a forward thinking go getter entrepreneurial NZ company called Freedom Skydisc International currently seeking assistance form experience USA Citizens to partner with for funding for development in return for small equity.
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The company says new data could result in Arcoxia being approved for a form of chronic back pain called ankylosing spondylitis.
That said, the company is being smart and releasing a software development kit to encourage outsiders to hack away at new, creative uses for different smells.
Through the plan, whose final details are still being worked out, American will also be able to shed a significant amount of its debt, providing the new company with an added fresh start.
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Leveraged buyouts are funded with a relatively small percentage of cash put up by private-equity investors and their partners, and a typically much-larger percentage of new debt, which becomes the burden of the company being bought.
People are more likely to choose a company that aligns with their values, so being in the community is the best way to attract new customers.
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The satellite company added a million new subscribers in the quarter, with seven percent more of those being "high quality" than the same time last year.
After studying a few exceptions to the pattern of disruption, Christensen concluded that the only way a big company could avoid being disrupted was to set up a small spinoff company that would function as a start-up, make the new low-end product, and be independent enough to ignore what counted as sensible for the mother ship.
But there is more to running a successful pharmaceutical company than just the number of products being approved by the FDA. What value do these new drugs generate?
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According to a report put together by Altegrity Risk International, a corporate security firm based in New York City, the Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex is being targeted by organized crime.
Later in the day, Lebanon's New TV broadcast a short interview of a man it identified as a Turkish appliance-company worker being held by the clansmen, who said he had been kidnapped after he left the airport in Beirut earlier in the day.
But this overhaul, sparked by a small team that developed and pushed for the new interaction model, a model with profound impact, is a perfect example of a big company being able to see, appreciate, and embrace creativity when they see it, and from wherever it might emanate.
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