Stringent government regulation and powerful purchaser pressures. • Governments focused on pharmaceuticals in efforts to control rising healthcare expenditure. • Inter-country pricing disparities. Economic • European free trade agreements. Social • Ageing populations create pressure on healthcare systems. • Epidemic or chronic diseases (e.g. obesity). Technological • Impact of genetic research on industry. • Utilizing a web of alliances to address multiple customer needs Environmental
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Specify the types of country risks that pharmaceutical firms face in international business. How do the political and legal systems of countries affect the global pharmaceutical industry? The different types of country risks for the pharmaceutical firms are: 1. Pricing: Many Asian and African countries are poor and cannot afford the costly medicines. The Pharmaceutical firms spend vast amounts on R&D in creating and marketing drugs‚ thus charging high prices enables for cost of
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2013 August 18‚ 2013 To Samia Sultana Tani Assistant Professor Department of Finance Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka Sub: Financial ration analysis from financial statement of a company. Dear Madam‚ I am pleased to submit the Term paper that you have assigned. My assignment was on “Ratio Analysis from financial statement of a reputed company”. I hope and believe that you will be kind enough to consider any types of mistakes that occurred at the time of preparing
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Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry By Sarker Imran‚ RRU‚ BC‚ Canada | | There are several sectors on which Bangladesh can be proud of and undoubtedly the pharmaceutical sector is one of these sectors‚ rather it is the sector‚ which is the second-largest contributor to the government exchequer. There are about 231 companies in this sector and the approximate total market size is about Taka 76‚500 million per year of which about 97% of the total requirement of medicines is created by the
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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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Bangladesh pharmaceutical market in 2011 stood at approximately US $ 800 million‚ which is very small when compared to the population base of the country‚ which currently stands at about 140 million. To put this number on a proper perspective‚ the total global pharmaceutical sale in 2011 was $600 billion. This is expected to grow about $730 billion in 2013. Of course the majority of the sale in 2011 was in brand products‚ the market segment where Bangladesh does not or is not expected to participate
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Historical Background Beximco Pharma is a leading edge pharmaceutical company and is a member of the Beximco Group‚the largest private sector industrial conglomerate in Bangladesh. The firm started operation in 1980‚manufacturing products under the licenses of Bayer AG of Germany and Upjohn Inc. of USA andnow have grown to become nation ’s one of the leading pharmaceutical companies‚ supplying morethan 10% of country ’s total medicine need. Today Beximco Pharma manufactures and markets its own`branded
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1. What kind of 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
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|The Pharmaceutical Industry | |Consolidated Paper | | | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Macro-Environmental Challenges 3 Political Challenges within the Macro-Environment 5 Economic Challenges within the Macro-Environment 8 Social Challenges within the Macro-Environment 11 Technological
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