| Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=BMY)) is a pharmaceutical corporation,
formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company and Squibb Corporation. Its
Chairman and CEO are Peter R. Dolan, and it is
headquartered in New York City.
The company was involved in an accounting scandal in
2002. Bristol-Myers Squibb is on the Forbes
500 list.
At one time, BMS held the solitary contract to harvest the bark of endangered yew trees on
United States territory for the manufacture of chemotherapy drug paclitaxel
(TaxolŽ). Current paclitaxel production comes from renewable sources. BMS also held the original pacitaxel license, but there are
now multiple generic producers.
BMS is known partially for the fact that Lance Armstrong has
appeared in several of the company's marketing campaigns. This is due to the fact that the company helped to combat Armstrong's
testicular cancer
BMS is one of the Top 10 companies for working mothers (http://www.workingwoman.com/top10.html) according to Working Mother Media.
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