Prescription for an ailing pharmaceutical industry

A Monetary Prescription for an Ailing Economy

T IS good to have this opportunity to present my views regarding inflation and the economic outlook. I find it rather sobering to reflect that our country, as well as most other major industrial countries, has experienced almost a decade of rising inflation. In reviewing economic history, I find that we are at a point similar to 1939 in that then too our country, along with the rest of the worl...

Price regulation in the pharmaceutical industry: prescription or placebo?

President Clinton and several Legislators have proposed restrictions on price increases in the pharmaceutical industry similar to those on some public utilities. Studies, however, suggest that under conditions of rapidly changing demand (as found in pharmaceuticals), price-caps could be manipulated. Using simulations, we show that in reaction to regulation, pharmaceutical firms would optimally ...

Measuring Prescription Adherence for Pharmaceutical Prescription Refills

Development of an Integrated Performance Measurement (PM) Model for Pharmaceutical Industry

Regarding to rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment it will become increasingly important for organizations to measure their performances appropriately. With respect to special characteristics of pharmaceutical industry and lack of reported performance measurement, this study tries to design an integrated performance measurement model for pharmaceutical companies. For gene...

Development of an Integrated Performance Measurement (PM) Model for Pharmaceutical Industry

Regarding to rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment it will become increasingly important for organizations to measure their performances appropriately. With respect to special characteristics of pharmaceutical industry and lack of reported performance measurement, this study tries to design an integrated performance measurement model for pharmaceutical companies. For gene...