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Logical and Critical Thinking

Group Assignment

Group No.- A5

Group Members

Roll Number Name

207114 Aryaman Utkarsh
207137 Manvi Khandewal
207140 Naman Sethiya
207141 Nishtha Shah
207171 Simran Jashnani
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Table of Contents

Preface............................................................................................................................... 3

Acknowledgement.............................................................................................................. 3

Student Declaration ............................................................................................................ 3

Story Analysis.................................................................................................................... 4

Living Problems, Lively Solution........................................................................................ 6

Logos and Jingles ............................................................................................................. 10

References………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11
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Preface

The group was expected to put together a project on "Critical Analysis of the Pharmaceutical
Industry" as part of a continuous evaluation component. The aim was to gain practical
knowledge in the course of Logical & Critical Thinking.

The primary goal of the assignment was to familiarise ourselves with logical thinking and its
interpretation. Story Analysis, Living Problems-Living Solutions, and Designing logos along
with Jingles are all included in the document. While working on the project, we learned more
about the process of critically analysing a topic of discussion and dialogue and exploring our
creative side.

Acknowledgement

First and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude to God, the Almighty, for enabling
us to complete this assignment. Next, we would not have been able to critically analyse the
pharmaceutical industry from this perspective without the opportunity provided by IMNU in
the form of this course and its structure. It would have been very difficult to write this report
without the continuous encouragement and help of our faculty, Professor Azhaurddin Sheikh.
We owe a debt of gratitude to everyone who has contributed in some way, shape, or form to
the development of this report so far.

Student Declaration

The members of group A5 for the course Logical and Critical Thinking hereby declare that no
part of this report or its information has been plagiarised or copied directly from any source.
We understand that plagiarism is illegal, and we promise that the work we submit is original.
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Story Analysis
Bruce and the Spider

by James Baldwin

There was once a king of Scotland whose name was Robert Bruce. He had need to be both
brave and wise, for the times in which he lived were wild and rude. The King of England was
at war with him, and had led a great army into Scotland to drive him out of the land. Battle
after battle had been fought. Six times had Bruce led his brave little army against his foes; and
six times had his men been beaten, and driven into flight. At last, his army was scattered , and
he was forced to hide himself in the woods and in lonely places among the mountains.

One rainy day, Bruce lay on the ground under a rude shed, listening to the patter of the drops
on the roof above him. He was tired and sick at heart, and ready to give up all hope. It seemed
to him that there was no use for him to try to do anything more. As he lay thinking, he saw a
spider over his head, making ready to weave her web. He watched her as she toiled slowly and
with great care. Six times she tried to throw her frail thread from one beam to another, and six
times it fell short. "Poor thing!" said Bruce: "you, too, know what it is to fail."

But the spider did not lose hope with the sixth failure. With still more care, she made ready to
try for the seventh time. Bruce almost forgot his own troubles as he watched her swing herself
out upon the slender line. Would she fail again? No! The thread was carried safely to the beam,
and fastened there. "I, too, will try a seventh time!" cried Bruce. He arose and calle d his men
together. He told them of his plans, and sent them out with messages of cheer to his
disheartened people. Soon there was an army of brave Scotch-men around him. Another battle
was fought, and the King of England was glad to go back into his own country.

I have heard it said, that, after that day, no one by the name of Bruce would ever hurt a spider.
The lesson which the little creature had taught the king was never forgotten.
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Critical Analysis
1. CLARITY

The story provides a lot of clarity regarding the conditions in which Bruce lived as well the
personality of Bruce. Also, it has been clearly mentioned that Bruce was the king of Scotland.
Lost the battle 6 times and the spider also failed 6 times which does not create any confusion
in the mind of the reader

2. PRECISION

Precision is required at some places in the story. For example, the number of soldiers in Bruce
army has not been given. Also, the name of the king of England is not given.

3. ACCURACY

The number of battles Bruce lost and the number of times the spider failed has been clearly
specified. Both of them failed 6 times and succeeded the seventh time.

4. RELEVANCE

The state of the spider is relevant to the current state of Bruce. The spider, to o, failed 6 times
trying to weave its web. The same of time Bruce failed, but instead of giving up like Bruce, the
spider attempted for the seventh time and succeeded.

5. DEPTH

If we analyse the story deeply, we find that the six battles which Bruce had a great impact on
his mind. This mindset acted as a hurdle that stood on his way to success.

6. BREATH

When Bruce lost the battle against the king of England, he gave up his men and kingdom
instead of trying. He became a pessimist and thought that if he has lost six battles he may as
well will never win this one. He changed his
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mentality after the spider incident. He refused to look over the situation as an optimist and from
a different point of view.

Living Problems, Lively Solutions

Pharmaceutical Industry

Problems:

1) FACTORIES CAN’T BE CLOSED EVEN IN SITUATION OF PANDEMIC

Even in the situation of pandemic, pharma industries can’t be shut down as there is a dire
need to medicines, vaccines in time of this situation. Therefore, workers have to come to the
factories daily and the physical contact takes place during work hours. Work from home is
though trending in this pandemic, but for working of machines, labor is required and this further
creates chances of spreading of covid which impacts the safety of workers as well.

2) HEALTH PROBLEMS WHILE WORKING:

In pharma industry, ensuring the sterility of product is of top most importance and this involves
exposure to formaldehyde that can cause lung cancer, Hodgkin disease and prostate cancer.
Apart from this, it can also lead to lungs being filled with fluid which makes it impossible to
breathe, leading to death and due to this, working in pharma industries can be hazardous.

3) LOWER DEMAND OF MEDICINES OTHER THAN COVID REALTED

ONES:

There are many medicines that are produced other than covid medicines and industry already
had produced those medicines, but suddenly in the pandemic, demand of such medicines went
down leading to unsold stocks due to which company now also needs to divert the labor and
machines used for production of other medicines to production of covid drugs.
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4) DISRUPTED SUPPLY CHAIN:

Because of nationwide lockdowns, closed borders, and suspended air transport, supply chains
across the world have been broken, interrupted, and some have even come to a halt. As
Pharmaceutical sector is not able to procure raw materials and chemicals rapidly, it is facing a
major challenge in its operations. Due to lag in supply chain, on time in full shipment to
customers is a task. Customers are not getting what they want on time.

If the current COVID19 pandemic continues for a long time, it will have an effect on the supp
ly of active materials and ingredients (primarily from China), as well as pharmaceutical impo
rt and export.

5) FAKE VACCINE AND INJECTION RACKETS LEADS TO LOSS OF TRUST

ON PHARMA COMPANIES:

Following a severe shortage of the injection, blackmarketing and illegal hoarding have been i
dentified in various locations. This has had a major impact on pharmaceutical companies’
goodwill. They are facing trust issues from the audience as citizens now doubt the authenticity
of injections as well as vaccines. People already were sceptic of taking vaccines and now the
news of fake vaccine rackets is adding to their hesitation.

6) NEED FOR HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS:

Almost every developed company, as well as many developing countries, is involved in coro
navirus vaccine research, production, and clinical trials. This research necessitates the partici
pation of scientists with extensive expertise, experience, and skills. To stay competitive now
and in the future, the pharmaceutical industry will need to increase its investment in high-
skilled workers as there are multiple strains of virus coming up which needs updated research
and progression. Also, the current scenario demands for timely production of vaccine to reach
out to as many people as possible. Thus, more workforce engaged in pharma sector has become
a necessity.
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Solutions:
1. FOR DISRUPTED SUPPLY CHAIN:

Executives in the pharmaceutical industry would need to change their strategies to make the
most of available capital if they want to reduce their supply chain challenges. A powerful
supply chain management (SCM) tool with interconnectivity and interoperability can help
realign the supply chain and provide extensive visibility to stakeholders, allowing pharma to
get back on track.

2. FOR FAKE INJECTION RACKETS:

For avoiding situation of fake injection and vaccine rackets, pharmaceutical companies
producing these should keep a bar code. This bar code when scanned will have all the
necessary and official information of the same. Also, the companies can also keep a track on
the total bar codes scanned.

Awareness campaigns should be conducted giving information about minute details like
where the name is mentioned on the injection, what distinguishes the official vaccine and
injection from the fake one. This will make citizens active and aware.

3. FOR NEED FOR HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS:

Pharmaceutical companies should invest heavily in the high skill workforce to be able to take
necessary steps in the direction of research and production in the future.

Regular workshops and training sessions should be conducted to notify and train them
regarding the procedure and research.

4. FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS OF UNSOLD INVENTORY:

The companies can make a way in order to export medicines to different countries where
these are required and in places where covid has not created humanity disruption. In order to
accommodate laborers and machinery used in manufacture of medicines other than covid,
training could be provided to workers and
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some technical adjustments and upgradation could be made in machineries so that it could be
used for manufacturing of covid related medicines.

5. FOR SOLVING HEALTH PROBLEMS WHILE WORKING:

Pharma equipment must be well labelled in order to make sure that these are not wrongly
utilized in something that can cause harm and along with this, all safety and instruction
guards should be provided in order to protect workers from injuries. The areas must be kept
well ventilated so that the chemicals released get released out of the work area not causing
harm to the workers, air purifiers can also be installed so that the hazardous gases don’t affect
health. Along with this, automated tools should be introduced to minimize direct exposure of
pharmacists to chemicals.

6. FOR SOLVING PROBLEM OF TRANSIMISSION IN FACTORIES:

Pharmacy workers should be given priority in vaccination so that the body develops
immunity to tackle the virus and the chances of getting infected becomes negligible along
with taking general precautions such as sanitization of workplace, masks, social distancing
and regular temperature check-ups.

Conclusion:

During COVID-19, Pharma manufacturing companies made many adjustments to modus

operandi. That includes accommodating remote workforce, social distancing when in person,
wearing masks and gloves, and avoiding any possibility of spreading the coronavirus. Mainly
while dealing with organic material within the raw material ingredients, additional testing is
needed before the drug passes Quality and is deemed ‘in spec’. The extra impetus has led to
newer Standard Operating Procedures in operations and quality when it involves batch
production through batch records.
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Logos and Jingle

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The above jingle employs syllogism to persuade people that they will be cured of headache
symptoms at any moment Biosave will assist in curing the pain. The above jingle explicitly
tried to convey that the company “Biosave” pays attention towards the well-being of their
customers.

• The first line “NAA KOI FIKAR, NAA KOI DAR” is a major premise
• The second line “SIR DARD SE CHAIYE AARAM” is a minor premise
• While the third line “BIOSAVE SE HOGA KAAM” is a conclusion.
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The jingle is conveying the element that Rexcel pharmaceutical focuses on how feasible it is
for customers; it correctly explains how it permits customers to buy their favourite items from
any place as per their expediency. By saying the statement “Just Rexcel”, Rexel helps to show
that is accessible easily with the help of an app or browser. The jingle uses a hidden premise to
hide one co-premises that how does Rexcel feasibly ranges their products to their customers.
There can be a postulation that they might have an idea behind it and thus used their own
company’s name to show the ease-of-use
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The above jingles use conditional claim to ensure relief of their customers during injuries. The
jingle tries to validate that if the person wants to be liberated from his/her injury then they
should use we-cure. The logo depicts that the company carefully focuses on making products
that will help their customers heal as soon as possible.

“Hona chahte ho tum injuries se secure”- Antecedent

“use karo we-cure”- Consequent

References

• Baldwin, J. (n.d.). Bruce and the spider. Retrieved May 08, 2021, from
https://americanliterature.com/author/james-baldwin/short-story/bruce-and-the-spider