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The firm long epitomised the old-fashioned expatriate model: virtually all its top bosses were drawn from a tight-knit cadre of elite expatriates, known internally as international managers (IMs).

It offers a solid twist on the found-footage gimmick, in that it is seen entirely through one teenager's laptop screen, as she Skypes and IMs with her six fivee... four... three...) friends, cruises Facebook, Instagrams it up, uploads, downloads, emails and does everything else that teenagers do online.

A few of the bigger exchanges such as International Monetary Systems (IMS), the biggest, which claims 18,000 members—are publicly quoted and thus subject to strict auditing and reporting standards.

As a result of all this, reckons IMS, an industry consultancy, the industry saw a record $18 billion in branded sales collapse in 2006.There are signs that long-term investors are growing concerned.

And VNU's knowledge of communications media could also help IMS to build its data and consulting services in direct-to-consumer advertising of drugs.

In effect, they contend, IMS has created an industry standard that should be made available to others, albeit at a price.In this section A Maverick in more ways than one Radiating value A kinder, gentler gorilla?

Cancer-drug prices are 20-40% lower in European countries than in America, according to IMS Health, a data and consulting firm.

And though politicians remain mute on cost-effectiveness, insurers increasingly consider it when deciding whether to cover a drug and how much of its cost to make patients pay.An emerging fightThe next few years will see spending on drugs in established markets in North America, Europe and Japan grow by just 1-4% annually, predicts IMS Health (see chart).

A record $1 trillion will be spent globally on medicines in 2014, predicts IMS Health, a research firm.

In 2012 more than 500 potential cancer drugs were under investigation, according to a survey by IMS Health, an American research group—over five times as many as were being developed in the next biggest category, diabetes.In this section Getting close and personal The ear underground Death breath Correction: Chuck Yeager ReprintsThree trends are helping to fill this cancer-drug cornucopia.

IMS Research, a consultancy, forecasts that by 2016 almost 120,000 maps of indoor venues will be available to consumers.Not for garage start-upsCollecting all these data demands a huge investment.