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.
Early Life. Rowan was born as Rowan Eleanor Blanchard on October 14, 2001 in Los Angeles to Elisabeth and Mark Blanchard. In 2003, Rowan got a sister named Carmen (born September 7, 2003), and a brother Shane in January 26, 2006, who recently turned 9 years old. She has a dog named Winston and is in the ninth grade.