The international pharmaceutical industry has made significant efforts towards ensuring compliant and ethical communication and interaction with physicians and patients. This article presents the current status of the worldwide governance of communication practices by pharmaceutical companies, concentrating on prescription-only medicines. It analyzes legislative, regulatory, and code-based comp...

The pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. Institutional regulations that have been in place for decades are being removed and competitive pressures force pharmaceutical companies to adopt customer oriented strategies. Information technology which has traditionally been applied to many processes in this industry is an important enabler for the interaction with ...

The pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. Institutional regulations that have been in place for decades are being removed and competitive pressures force pharmaceutical companies to adopt customer-oriented strategies. Information technology which has traditionally been applied to many processes in this industry is an important enabler for the interaction with ...

A recent proposal to address conflicts of interest in academic medical centers suggested that industry support of continuing medical education (CME) activities should be limited to contributions to a central fund that would disburse the money to programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The authors of the proposal reason that this arrangement would " per...

Patents on many blockbuster drugs will expire in the near future, opening up the doorways for generic production. Brandname drug companies lose an estimated half of their U.S. sales during the first six months of generic production alone. In an effort to forestall large sales declines, some brand-name pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to delay generic production. One measure brand-name ph...

Prescription drugs comprise approximately 9% of the total cost of health care in the United States. The manner in which doctors obtain information about new and changing pharmaceuticals obviously has the potential to have a profound impact on health care costs, pharmaceutical companies' profits, and the quality of health care. Patterns learned in medical school undoubtedly influence physicians'...

The main purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding, within the field of corporate entrepreneurship, of the various factors that enable technology entrepreneurship in established firms and its principal effects on customers and society. The paper reports on a case study regarding technology entrepreneurship in a Spanish company whose activity is pharmaceutical distribution. This compa...