
Novartis
Novartis, a Swiss drug maker, is planning to purchase a majority stake in Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-Pharmaceutical Company, a Chinese vaccine maker. Novartis has agreed to pay $125 million for the company, which holds a 3 percent share of China's $1 billion vaccines market. The market for vaccines is growing 20 percent or more in the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Australasia. In the past, vaccine use has been limited to basic shots against diseases such as polio, tuberculosis, and measles, but as the economies of these countries grow, government and private healthcare spending focuses on preventing diseases such as hepatitis B, cholera and rotavirus, tetanus, and others. Some critics are against the acquisition, claiming that prices will increase. Novartis claims it is not interested in raising prices but rather in expanding Tianyuan's product offerings.
-Refer to Novartis.Tianyuan has a relatively small market share of a high-growth market in China.How would this company be classified in the Novartis portfolio matrix?
A) Problem child
B) Star
C) Cash cow
D) Dog
E) Emergent
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