The pharmaceutical industry's rationale that it needs high prices to afford the research has been turned on its head by Valeant's business model of spending less than 3 percent on research & development (R&D) and paying less than 3 percent in taxes.
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on the 6 January 1955, in Consett, County Durham, England. His parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and his wife Ella May, who married on 29 June 1945.
False Report Circulating Actor Rowan Atkinson, Famous for His Mr. Bean Role, Has Committed Suicide. British actor Rowan Atkinson, 58, is the latest victim of a sick hoax that alleges he is dead. When in fact, Atkinson is not dead, but anyone who was poking around on Facebook in the past few days may have been fooled into thinking the Mr. Bean comedian had met his demise by his own hand.