Competition in the International Marketplace

Price Competition in the Health Care Marketplace

Follow-on biologics: competition in the biopharmaceutical marketplace.

OBJECTIVE To describe the implications of a follow-on biologic approval process with focus on current stakeholders, implications of the status quo, and recommendations for future policy. DATA SOURCES A search using Medline, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Med Ad News, F-D-C Reports/Pink Sheets, and Google index directories was conducted with terms such as biologic, biopharmaceutical, ...

Meat Science in an International Marketplace 58

Just as total body energy expenditure in animals can be classified into that which supports resting energy metabolism, work, growth, etc., cellular energy expenditure can similarly be classified. Our overall objective is to examine the metabolic origins of cellular energy expenditure, differentiating between metabolic states where cells are at relative rest, and where cellular energy expenditur...

Five-State Study of ACA Marketplace Competition

This field study sought to better understand the evolution of health insurance competition in the health insurance exchange marketplaces in five states: California, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. This summary highlights key findings from each of the states and offers a series of testable hypotheses about the evolution of these markets. Four broad themes emerged from the analysis....

Magic Mountains and Multi-disciplines in International Medical Mobilities; Comment on “Patient Mobility in the Global Marketplace: A Multidisciplinary Perspective”

Medical mobilities offer both opportunities and challenges. This tension follows the same ratio as many other historic fora, but offers at the same time a sustainable equilibrium. Multi-disciplines are, therefore, the key to the medical lifeworld for the global health and well-being of transnational health users around the globe.