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Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, with global sales of $17.9 billion in 2006. Its drugs include Plavix for heart disease, Pravachol for lowering cholesterol, and Avapro for hypertension. [1]
They donate their products to AmeriCares.
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Animal testing
Bristol-Myers Squibb does animal testing.
Animals by species, numbers & location (United States)
- Princeton, New Jersey [2]
- North Billerica, Massachusetts [3]
Facility information, progress reports & USDA-APHIS reports
For links to copies of this facility's U.S. Department of Agriculture reports indicating species, number of animals used and other information visit Stop Animal Experimentation Now Facility Reports and Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection reports. This Web site lists each of the 50 states; each state's name links to biomedical research facilities in that state, and to PDF copies of government documents where the facilities must report their animal usage.
Contract testing
Bristol-Myers contracts tests out to Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). [4] HLS is the 3rd largest contract research organization (CRO) in the world and the largest animal testing facility in all of Europe. Firms hire HLS to conduct animal toxicity tests for agrochemicals, petrochemicals, household products, pharmaceutical drugs and toxins. [5] HLS has a long history of gross animal welfare violations. See also Huntingdon Life Sciences, sections 2 & 3.
Tobacco issues
Bristol-Myers Squibb is the maker of the antidepressant drug Buspirone (marketed as Buspar) that was found useful in helping reduce smokers' anxiety when trying to quit. [6]
In 1989, after Henry Kravitz purchased R.J. Reynolds, he hired Louis Gerstner, a board member of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, to run the company. Gerstner was promptly thrown off Sloan-Kettering's board, but was elected to the board of Bristol Myers. [7] The Bristol-Myers Squibb company went smoke-free in its offices around 1993. [8]
Political contributions
Bruce S. Gelb, Retired Vice Chair of Bristol-Myers Squibb, is a Bush Pioneer having raised at least $100,000 for Bush in the 2004 presidential election. [9]
Bristol-Myers Squibb gave $182,000 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its political action committee - 32% to Democrats, 62% to Republicans, and 6% to other parties. [10]
Lobbying
The company spent $5,740,000 for lobbying in 2006. $2,141,950 went to 12 lobbying firms with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists. Some of the lobbying firms used were Patton Boggs LLP, Quinn Gillespie & Associates, Barbour, Griffith & Rogers, Public Strategies, BKSH & Associates, and Richard F Hohlt. [11]
Personnel & board
Executive compensation (2006)
- James M. Cornelius, Chief Executive Officer and Independent Director, $455,000
- Andrew R. J. Bonfield, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, $809,000
- Stephen E. Bear, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, $466,000
- Elliott Sigal, Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President,$728,000
- Lamberto Andreotti, Executive Vice President and President of Worldwide Pharmaceuticals, $1,010,000 [12]
Selected board members
- James D. Robinson III, Chairman, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Lewis B. Campbell, Chairman, President & CEO, Textron Inc.
- Michael Grobstein, Retired Vice Chairman, Ernst & Young [13]
Contact
Bristol-Myers Squibb
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
Phone: 212-546-4000
Fax: 212-546-4020
Web address: http://www.bms.com
Articles & sources
SourceWatch articles
References
- ↑ Bristol-Myers Squibb Profile, Hoovers, accessed August 2007.
- ↑ Research facilities: Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Princeton, New Jersey, Humane Society of the United States, accessed December 2008
- ↑ Research Facilities: Bristol Myers Squibb Medical Imaging Inc., North Billerica, Massachusetts, HSUS, December 2008
- ↑ Inside Customers, Inside Huntingdon Life Sciences, accessed December 2008
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions About Huntingdon Life Sciences, Inside HLS accessed February 2009
- ↑ Drugs Show Promise Helping Smokers to Quit., Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, July 1989
- ↑ Smoke free Workplaces and Public Places, Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, January 1997
- ↑ On the Air Guide to Creating a Smoke-free Workplace, Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, 1993
- ↑ Pioneers and Rangers, Texans for Public Justice, accessed August 2007.
- ↑ 2006 PAC Summary Data, Open Secrets, accessed August 2007.
- ↑ Bristol-Myers Squibb lobbying expenses, Open Secrets.
- ↑ Bristol-Myers Squibb Key Executives, Yahoo Finance, accessed August 2007
- ↑ Board of Directors, Bristol-Myers Squibb, accessed August 2007
External links
- "BMS pays to move on", PMLive.com, June 7, 2 005.
- Stephanie Saul, "A Self-Imposed Ban on Drug Ads", New York Times, June 15, 2005.
- Make A Date With Bristol-Myers Squibb, Asheville Indymedia, November 2008
External resources
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