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 Global Pharma Health Fund e.V. is a non-profit initiative created by Merck. The organization’s goal is to
promote health care within the scope of development assistance, especially with respect to the fight against
counterfeit drugs through the use of the GPHF-Minilab ®.
 With the GPHF-Minilab ®, the GPHF offers a unique mobile compact laboratory that is capable of testing the
quality of drugs very quickly.
 Most widely used accounting and reporting system for greenhouse gas emissions.
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 Hedging means protection against or limitation of certain clearly identified risks that might result from
occurrences such as changes in foreign exchange rates or share prices Fair value hedge: This primarily involves
protecting against potential market value fluctuations of those assets and liabilities already recognized in the
balance sheet. Cash flow hedge: The primary purpose of a cash flow hedge is to protect against uncertain cash
flows that especially result from future transactions.
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 International Council of Chemical Associations.
 International Financial Reporting Standards (until 2001 known as International Financial Accounting
Standards, IAS) are the standards that publicly traded companies must apply if their headquarters are
domiciled in the European Union.
 The International Monetary Fund, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., is a United Nations organization.
 An interest rate swap is an agreement between two contractual parties to exchange various interest payments.
Thus, a company can transform a variable interest item into a fixed interest item and vice-versa.
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 A recently identified biomarker that can show whether a patient with metastatic colorectal carcinoma is likely
to respond to EGFR antibody therapy. This is done by testing the status of the KRAS gene in the tumor to see
if it is normal (wild type) or abnormal (mutant). The KRAS acronym stands for Kirsten Rat Sarcoma.
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 A light-emitting diode (LED) is an electronic semiconductor device. When an electric current passes through
it in the flow direction, it emits visible light, infrared radiation (IR diode) or ultraviolet radiation (UV diode).
The wavelength of this depends on the semiconductor material used and the doping level.
 These specialty chemicals are used in LC displays (LCD), for example, in flat-panel televisions, notebooks,
mobile telephones, etc.
 Lost time injury rate: indicator for workplace safety. The number of workplace accidents with one or more
days of lost time per million hours worked.
 An autoimmune disease linked to inflammatory rheumatic disease and classified as a collagen disease.
There are two main types: lupus of the skin, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It may affect other
organ systems apart from the skin and joints, e.g. the kidneys in lupus nephritis (LN).
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 Biologically active form of folate that occurs naturally in the human body and is utilized better by the body
than folic acid. Folic acid and Metafolin ® are important for cell division and blood formation and therefore
the development and growth of new life.
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