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Author Schweitzer, Stuart O., author

Title Pharmaceutical economics and policy : perspectives, promises, and problems / Stuart O. Schweitzer and Z. John Lu
Edition Third edition
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 408 pages)
Contents The pharmaceutical industry -- The biotechnology industry -- Generics and biosimilars -- The global pharmaceutical industry -- The demand for pharmaceuticals -- The demand for pharmaceuticals in major international markets -- Pharmaceutical prices -- Economic evaluation of new drugs -- Pricing pharmaceuticals in a world environment -- Pharmaceutical marketing -- Patent protection -- Drug approval process in the United States -- Pharmaceutical regulation in the European Union -- Pharmaceuticals and public policy : a look ahead
Summary Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy provides comprehensive discussions on a wide range of pharmaceutical economics and policy issues. This third edition re-examines ongoing issues such as industrial organization, R & D and innovation, competition and pricing, intellectual property and regulation. It also includes a number of new topics, such as the nascent biosimilar sector, globalization of supply chain, value-based pricing, evolving reimbursement landscape, and the emerging pharmaceutical market in large, developing economies such as China and India
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical industry -- Government policy
Economics, Pharmaceutical
Public Policy
Drug Industry
Marketing -- economics
Drug Approval
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical industry -- Government policy
Form Electronic book
Author Lu, Z. John (Zhong John), author.
ISBN 9780190623791
0190623799