BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.5B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
This generic drug manufacturer is everything but. Barr Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: BRL), founded in 1970, has cemented a specific role in modern medicine-the production of generic drugs. The company has 75 different generic pharmaceuticals, and has been on the frontline of women's health, producing the Plan B emergency contraceptive and hormone therapy products. The company is based in Pomona, NY, has revenue of $1 billion 1,900 and employees. In December 2005 the company acquired FEI Women's Health and ParaGard IUD product.
Chief Executive Officer
Bruce L. DowneyNumber of Employees 2,040
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing: 325412
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Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from the line of Randall Stanicky from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. Randall Stanicky - Goldman Sachs Hey guys, thanks for the question. And I guess this is congratulation on what could be the last Barr call here. I guess just, could...
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Actions Semiconductor Corp., Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Overstock.com, Inc. and Sonic Innovations, Inc
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Actions Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTS), Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL), Teva...
Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Telus Corp., Overstock.com, Barr Pharmaceuticals, Actions Semiconductor and Sonic Innovations
CHICAGO -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Telus Corporation (NYSE: TU) as the Bull of the Day and Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL), Actions Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ACTS) and Sonic Innovations (Nasdaq: SNCI). ...
Summer Surge for Pharma Powers IHE, but Concerns Remain
Don Dion submits: Buoyed by some consolidation and seen as a safe haven in an uncertain market, healthcare stocks rallied hard in July and held their momentum into August. The sector cooled some during the last few weeks, but the S&P 500’s healthcare companies were still up...
Merger Watch: Barr Pharmaceuticals - Teva Pharmaceutical
The M & A Researcher submits: First, this August 14 Financial Times article will be referenced as it essentially echoes this publication's original assessment of the Barr Pharmaceuticals BRL - Teva Pharmaceutical TEVA transaction upon announcement last month. Of particular interest in this piece are the following passages from...
Generic Drugs: Industry Snapshot
Mike Havrilla submits:Global Generic Drug Industry: Benchmark Comps Global Generic Drug Industry: Top 5 Companies by Market Cap Global Generic Drugs: Top 5 Companies by Stock Performance The accompanying tables provide a snapshot of my 38-company Global Generic Drug Index, which is rapidly consolidating amidst a flurry of recent M&A activity --...
Sector and Stock Performance Since Oil's Peak
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Since oil peaked using closing prices on July 3rd, the commodity is down about 21%. Over the same time period, the average stock in the S&P 500 is up 6.11%. Below we highlight the average performance of stocks in each sector since oil's...
Big Pharma?s Healthy Appetite for Acquisitions
Santosh Sankar submits: Healthcare, more specifically Pharma is showing an appetite for deal making as four major companies are courting potential acquisitions. This hunger signals a change in the environment as signs of consolidation surface. If we look at this year’s activity, IPOs were at an all time low and...
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionAlright, thank you. [Operator Instructions]. And there is a question from Gregg Gilbert with Merrill Lynch. Please go ahead. Gregg Gilbert - Merrill Lynch Thanks, good morning. Bruce L. Downey, Esq. - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Good morning. Gregg. William T. McKee - Executive...
Board and Executive Compensation in S&P 500
Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Executive compensation and board largess with high paid executives is a hot topic recently. That spurred us to look comprehensively at some factual comparative data on the total cost of boards of directors and top executive teams among the S&P 500 companies (proxy SPY...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bruce L. Downey | Chief Executive Officer |
| Suzanne Donaghy | CIO & Vice President |
| William T. McKee | CFO, Vice President & Treasurer |
| Catherine Higgins | Senior Vice President, HR |
| Christine Mundkur | Senior Vice President, Quality & Regulatory Counsel |
| Frederick J. Killion | Senior Vice President |
| Michael Bogda | Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Engineering |
| Salah Ahmed | Senior Vice President, Prod Development |
| Timothy Catlett | Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing |
| Amy Nieman | Vice President, Marketing, Proprietary Prods |
| Carol Cox | Vice President, Investor Relations & Corp Communications |
| Christopher Mengler | Vice President, Strategic Planning |
| David J. Furniss | Vice President, Internal Audit |
| Jake Hansen | Vice President, Govt Affairs |
| Lance J. Bronnenkant | Vice President, Operations, Res & Development |
| Phil Gioia | Vice President, Sales, Proprietary Prods |
| Tim Sawyer | Vice President, Sales, Generic Prods |
| Amy Niemann | |
| Charles E DiLiberti | |
| Daryl LeSueur | |
| Emad M Alkhawam | |
| Frederick Wilkinson | |
| Howard I Hait | |
| Jay Bapna | |
| Joseph A Carrado | |
| Michael Moorshead | |
| Richard H Mileski | |
| Robert Williford | |
| Robinson Kemoni | Investigator |
| Rocco J Rositano | |
| Shannon Thyme Klinger | |
| Wayne S Mulcahy |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| George P. Stephan | Audit Committee Chairman |
| Harold N. Chefitz | Compensation Committee Chairman |
| Peter R. Seaver | Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Chairman |
| Carole Maimon | Board of Directors |
| Carole S. Ben-Maimon | Board Director |
| George P. Stephen | Board of Directors |
| Honorable James S. Gilmore III | Board of Directors |
| Jack M. Kay | Board Director |
| Richard R. Frankovic | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | Partner | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | CIO & Vice President | Current |
| Information Technology Group, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | CFO, Vice President & Treasurer | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | Vice President, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Senior Vice President, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Quality & Regulatory Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | Former |
| Strawn & Co | Partner | Former |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | Capital Partner | Former |
| Strawn & Co | Counsel | Former |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | General Counsel | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Engineering | Current |
| Bpi, Inc. | Vice President, Human Resources | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Prod Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing, Proprietary Prods | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Investor Relations & Corp Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Strategic Planning | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Internal Audit | Current |
| Ernst & Young | audit manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Govt Affairs | Current |
| The Seniors Coalition | Vice President for Government Affairs | Former |
| American Conservative Union | Leadership Positions | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Operations, Res & Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Sales, Proprietary Prods | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Vice President, Sales, Generic Prods | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current | |
| Quality Control Corporation | Associate Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current | |
| Columbia Laboratories, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Columbia Laboratories, Inc. | President | Former |
| Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current | |
| Scirex Corporation | Senior Director of Biostatistics | Former |
| Zeneca | Manager of Biometrics, Pharmaceuticals Group | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current | |
| Novartis AG | Environmental Compliance Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current | |
| Encorium Group, Inc. | Regulatory Positions | Former |
| Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc | Regulatory Liaison, Cardiovascular and Thrombosis Products | Former |
| Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
Robinson Kemoni is a Research Investigator at Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc, in New York. In his current position, he is involved in the research and development of affordable medicines for the Healthcare Industry. He has previously worked with the Essential Drugs Program in Kenya. Mr. Kemoni received a Diploma in Pharmacy from the Kenya Medical Training College, BS from New Jersey City University and MS from Long Island University. He is a registered pharmacist in Kenya and a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists | Member | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Investigator | Current |
| Mra-Africa | Board of Directors | Current |
| Long Island University | Ms | Former |
| New Jersey City University | Bs | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Current | |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals North America | Senior Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs | Former |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | Clinical Research and Clinical Development Positions | Former |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA | Clinical Research and Clinical Development Positions | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Business Consultant | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Audit Committee Chairman | Current |
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Board of Directors | Current |
| Stonington Group | Managing Director | Former |
| Sartorius Sports | business consultant | Former |
| Kollmorgen Corporation | Chairman | Former |
| Sartorius Sports | Director | Former |
| Kollmorgen Corporation | Director | Former |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Chairman of Notch Hill Advisors and President of Chefitz Healthcare Investments | Former |
| Nitric Bio, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nethealth Systems Inc | Board Member | Current |
| Emergingmed.Com, Inc | Board Member | Current |
| Furman Selz | Senior Managing Director | Former |
| Boles Knop LLC | Partner | Former |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Chairman | Current |
| Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fellows, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board Director | Former |
| Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA | Senior Vice President Science and Public Policy, North America | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cypress Communications | Board of Directors | Current |
| CACI International Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pharmacy Access Partnership | Board of Directors | Current |
| Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
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