
2002-Afternoon Session-BRK Annual Shareholders Meeting
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meetings (since 1994)
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The Success and Mistake of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Charlie and I agree that the industry has been a very lucrative business over time. We admit to making a mistake by not taking a package approach previously. We only purchased a small amount, which was almost worse than buying none at all. In the past, we have preferred investing on an industry-wide basis rather than targeting specific companies. It's difficult to evaluate individual companies, especially considering recent setbacks for Bristol Myers and Merck. However, this shouldn't discourage us from adopting a basket approach.
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