Designing a global pricing strategy for a new pharmaceutical product has become increasingly difficult as geographic reference pricing and parallel trade have introduced global price interdependencies between different nations. What may have been an optimal pricing strategy in a single country may no longer be optimal when considering the international ramifications of this price. The prices se...

Over the course of the last decade, atypical antipsychotic medications (olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone) have become first-line choices for acute and maintenance treatment for schizophrenia. In numerous cases, these antipsychotics have replaced typical neuroleptics, which are associated with a high incidence of adverse effects, particularly parkinsonism and tardive dyskinesia. Each phar...

the emergence and unprecedented growth of joint stock companies is undoubtedly one of the most significant economic developments.one of the outcomes of this development is the separation of ownership and control of the companies. such separation make it possible for the managers of the companies to make dicisions to serve their interes at the expense of the companies shareholders .this conflict...

The purpose of this study is investigating and determining rate of seizing assets and acquisition other companies by public sector companies. We estimate this rate at various stages of the life cycle of the company. Therefore, according to their size and age, the companies have been divided into small, large, young, and mature groups, and for this purpose, we have collected data from a sample o...

Previous work on venture capital proves an essential role for the investor, which goes beyond that of a simple proxy funds. To better manage their investments, firms must specify level activism fluctuates according to composition completed thus investor is required guarantee appropriate contribution as specific (EVCA, European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, 2016). Studies thi...

Editor—Hafeez and Mirza have assessed how seriously (or not) pharmaceutical companies take their responsibility to provide information on request to prescribers in Pakistan. Two of their conclusions are that “providing information on drugs is not a priority for companies in Pakistan” and that “the decision to respond to a request for more information therefore seems to depend on how favourable ...

The worldwide costs of dementia are US$315 billion [1]. Monthly costs of Alzheimer’s disease in Spain are 1,426 per month [2]. What is the purpose, value, and usefulness of such statements? The number of Cost of Illness (CoI) studies is steadily increasing. For almost any high resource-consuming disease, there is some kind of CoI estimate available. There is also a kind of ongoing CoI rally. Li...

Pharmaceutical companies have long focused their marketing strategies on getting doctors to write more prescriptions. But they lose billions in potential sales when patients do not take their prescribed drugs. Getting patients to "adhere" to drug therapies that have unpleasant side effects and questionable efficacy requires more than mere ad campaigns urging patients to talk to their doctors. I...

PURPOSE: Large price swings for individual drugs complicate the hospital purchasing process, both increasing costs and adversely affecting patient treatment therapy. The objectives for this study are, for a large regional hospital buyer, to describe price changes for individual drugs, therapeutic classes, and drug companies, and to determine factors associated with large price swings. METHODS: ...

The board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria last week terminated the initial search for a new Executive Director to lead the agency and reopened the race after a series of allegations, leaks, insufficient due diligence, and divergent political agendas derailed efforts. On March 3, the board announced the appointment of Marijke Wijnroks as Interim Executive Director to s...