1. Overview of the global pharmaceutical industry In 2003‚ Britain’s Guardian newspaper commented that‚ “on the face of it‚ the global pharmaceutical industry looks like the epitome of a modern‚ mature industry that has found a comfortable way to make profits by the billion: it ’s global‚ hi-tech‚ and has the ultimate customer‚ the healthcare budgets of the world ’s richest countries.” Guardian sept 2003 The global pharmaceutical industry is nowadays made up of thousands of companies contained
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RFID in Pharmaceutical Industry In 2004‚ US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called for the implementation of RFID technology to track the distribution of prescription drugs in order to protect the medical supply chain from counterfeit drugs by 2007. Initially‚ California State Board of Pharmacy has mandated RFID technology but later extended implementation date until 2015. In 2007‚ Kalorama Information predicted in a report that market for RFID solutions in pharmaceutical industry would
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The Global Pharmaceutical Industry In the pharmaceutical industry market segments can be found depending on the criteria used. For example‚ geographically there are three main market segments (the Triad accounting for 80% and with the strongest growth): The United States of America‚ Europe and Japan with the main future segment being the least developed countries. Another way of classifying the market segments that the pharmaceutical industries face is by those products directed to primary care
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Questions 1 through 7 1. On balance‚ do you think Merck is an ethical and socially responsible company? Why or why not? How about Pfizer? In my opinion‚ Merck is not an ethical and socially responsible company with introducing Vioxx into pharmaceutical market. Before the Vioxx approval by FDA‚ scientists from University of Pennsylvania found that the drug could bring some serious results such as cardiovascular‚ and there were many serious cardiovascular problems during testing on patients. However
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Ethics in the Pharmaceutical Industry The pharmaceutical industry started in the middle Ages‚ 18th AD in Baghdad in 754 by an Arabian. Until the early 70’s the industry grew at a small pace. In the 1970’s business began to boom and competition began to upsurge. In the 1990’s these industries and companies became more aggressive with their marketing strategies. In ’97 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration brought new rules and regulations concerning the marketing area and it required companies to
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Journal of Business Research‚ vol. 4‚ 2002 This article is brought to you by www.bdresearch.org A Comparison of Capital Structures Among MNCs and Local Companies in Bangladesh Javed Siddiqui* M. Zillur Rahman** Abstract: Prior studies in capital structure have attempted at establishing relationships between profitability and level of gearing. This study attempts at presenting a comparison of capital structures between MNCs and local blue chip companies enlisted with the DSE. The study concludes
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Prezi Transcript PESTLE Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry Political - Recent US health reforms has led to increased pressure on price. - Increased push for continued overseas aid‚ particularly through the United Nations and the European Union‚ with price of the drugs being a major factor in the supplier choice. Economical - Due to the current economic climate‚ price has become a major factor in pharmaceuticals especially on drugs where generic brands are also available. Social - Skilled employees
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multiproduct strategy is Novartis following? Explain. Novartis acquisition in eye care company Alcon Inc. is an example of Related Diversification Multiproduct Strategy due to the fact that Novartis and Alcon both perform their business in health care industry. In addition‚ Novartis prescription drug make up 60% of the total sales indicate that company is operating in moderate to high level of diversification. The acquisition of Alcon Inc. establishes a related link between Novartis prescription
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Table of contents I. Introduction 3 II. SWOT Analysis: method description 4 III. SWOT Analysis: example 4 IV. Background and related literature 4 V. References 4 VI. Appendix 4 List of figures Figure 1: A basic SWOT Analysis matrix 4 Figure 2: SWOT Analysis for Microsoft (see Appendix for larger version) 4 List of Tables Table 1: The steps that have to be followed in order to carry out a successful SWOT Analysis. 4 I. Introduction In the past twenty to thirty years many changes and developments
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evaluation and ratio analysis of Pharmaceutical Company in Bangladesh Faruk Hossan Md Ahsan Habib Supervisor: José Ferraz Nunes Examiner: Bengt Kjellén Master‟s thesis in international Business 15 ECTS Department of Economic and Informatics University West Spring term 2010 0 ABSTRACT The thesis applies performance evaluation of pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh. It means evaluate how well the company performs. The main aim is achieved through ratio analysis of two pharmaceutical (Beximco and Square
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