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LO: To understand how TNCs can LO: To understand how TNCs can brings benefits and cause brings benefits and cause problems for the world's health.problems for the world's health.

Brain Warm-UpBrain Warm-Up• What are TNCs?

• How might Pharmaceutical Companies help with the fight against world health?

• What's the purpose of a patent?

• How might Pharmaceutical Companies cause more harm than good?

• Read page 270

1. What are their role and why is it often expensive to produce the drugs?

2. What is the role of The American Pharmaceutical Group

3. How is it tackling negative press?

• Using the data from p271, create a stacked column graph for the share value of the top ten Pharmaceutical Companies for:

• USA, UK, Switzerland, France

• What patterns do you notice from the graph?

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Homework

• Create a factfile for GSK - your chosen Pharmaceutical Company.

• How much does it make annually?• What programs does it have?• How many people does it employ?• What inititivates does it have?• How many people in its R&D department• Use sheet and www.gsk.com