Financial Analysis
1.1 ORIGIN OF THE REPORT
This report has been prepared as a requirement of the internship program BUS 400 under the BBA program of BRAC University. For my internship program, I got the opportunity to work at country‟s leading pharmaceutical company, world reputed Square Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL). I was placed under one of the most important departments in the company Product Management Department (PMD). Basically PMD performs the all planning, implementation of plans as part of marketing management functions. My internship program instigated from 26, September, 2010 to 25, December, 2010 and during this period, I was assigned to do the project work on the topic Generic Shifting Analysis by my onsite supervisor. I was under the direct supervision of Mr. Dipak Kumar Saha, Senior Manager, PMD, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited and Mr. Anup Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, BRAC Business School, BRAC University for my internship program. Though the topic for my project work was assigned by my onsite supervisor but it was duly approve by my academic supervisor. The project is to investigate the trend toward which doctors‟ preference for any genric under any therapeutic class is shifting to another one. The report will definitely increase the knowledge of the department about the changing trend and preference of doctors regarding any generic which might help the department to plan their marketing effort considering these facts to make the plans more effective.
1.2OBJECTIVE
The broad objective of this report is to explore the trend of generic shifting over a particular time period (2006-June, 2010). The main focus is to analyze the shifting in preference of molecule by the whole pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh and SPL‟s progress to cope up with the changing trend.
TREND ANALYSIS OF GENERIC SHIFTING IN THE BANGLADESH PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET (2006-2010)
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The Specific Objectives for this report is are as following, Analyze the value wise improvements
This report has been prepared as a requirement of the internship program BUS 400 under the BBA program of BRAC University. For my internship program, I got the opportunity to work at country‟s leading pharmaceutical company, world reputed Square Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL). I was placed under one of the most important departments in the company Product Management Department (PMD). Basically PMD performs the all planning, implementation of plans as part of marketing management functions. My internship program instigated from 26, September, 2010 to 25, December, 2010 and during this period, I was assigned to do the project work on the topic Generic Shifting Analysis by my onsite supervisor. I was under the direct supervision of Mr. Dipak Kumar Saha, Senior Manager, PMD, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited and Mr. Anup Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, BRAC Business School, BRAC University for my internship program. Though the topic for my project work was assigned by my onsite supervisor but it was duly approve by my academic supervisor. The project is to investigate the trend toward which doctors‟ preference for any genric under any therapeutic class is shifting to another one. The report will definitely increase the knowledge of the department about the changing trend and preference of doctors regarding any generic which might help the department to plan their marketing effort considering these facts to make the plans more effective.
1.2OBJECTIVE
The broad objective of this report is to explore the trend of generic shifting over a particular time period (2006-June, 2010). The main focus is to analyze the shifting in preference of molecule by the whole pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh and SPL‟s progress to cope up with the changing trend.
TREND ANALYSIS OF GENERIC SHIFTING IN THE BANGLADESH PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET (2006-2010)
Page 1
The Specific Objectives for this report is are as following, Analyze the value wise improvements