VIEWPOINT There is much disagreement between the pharmaceutical industry and advocacy groups about how to provide patented medicines in poor countries. While everyone agrees that access to medicines in developing countries should be improved, too often this shared sensibility is submerged by an excess of timid incrementalism by industry, and demagoguery by activists. Neither contribution is con...

OBJECTIVE This article reviews and summarizes eight ethical guidelines of major professional organizations regarding the pharmaceutical industry's role in the psychiatric education of trainees. METHOD The author conducted a literature review of research and guidelines pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry's relationship to trainees, with special attention to ethical implications. RESULT...

The inventory management system plays a vital role in a pharmaceutical industry. For every business, managing an inventory is important whether it is small or big, domestic or international business. In a pharmaceutical company, the raw materials have an expiry date associated with them so it becomes important to set a minimal safety stock for such items. The companies mostly try out keeping a ...

Funding combination is the most important issue for the companies while they know the amount of required capital. Companies should be careful regarding the appliance of financial providing methods compatible with the investment strategy of company and profitability. This study seeks to examine the relationship between the capital structure and the profitability of pharmaceutical companies in Ir...