Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry

Japanese Government Policy in Pharmaceutical to Innovative R & D Industry

The Japanese pharmaceutical industry has been growing steadily since the 1970's. The early success, however, largely depended on technological "diffusion" including technology transfer or licensing of competitive foreign pharmaceutical products followed by development of incremental drugs which largely contributed to the early prosperity of domestic industry. Recently, transformation in distrib...

Pharmaceutical Industry in Syria

The aim of this article is to present the development of the pharmaceutical industry in Syria using national and international public data sources. At the end of the 80ies, the pharmaceutical industry in Syria was very poor, covering 6% of the national needs. In less than 20 years, with the government support in terms of legal frame and strategic political engagement, the Syrian pharmaceutical ...

Pharmaceutical Industry Whitepaper

The Pharmaceutical Industry

The pharmaceutical industry raises unique economic questions because of three related features. First, the high rate of R&D, technical change and importance of patent protection raise important positive and normative questions related to industry structure, prices, profits and public policy. Second, the industry is heavily regulated in all major functions. Early regulatory requirements focused ...

The Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry

1. Distribute a full line of pharmaceutical products and health and beauty aids to chain stores, independent drug stores, hospitals, and other health care facilities. In other words, FoxMeyer’s customers were retailers and dispensers. 2. Provide managed care and information-based services to health care facilities, pharmacies and physicians. 3. Conduct business in franchising variety stores and...