Drugs to Market : Creating Value and Advantage in the Pharmaceutical Industry

ISBN-13: 9780080425597 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 208 str.

William C. Bogner; W. C. Bogner; H. Thomas

Opis

Hardbound. The development and marketing of drugs since the Second World War offers an exemplary demonstration of the impact of technology on competitiveness in a major industry. While focusing primarily on the market in the USA, this study examines also the activities of European firms, their contribution to the industry's technological evolution and the impact of their entry into the US market.The main concern of the book, however, is to examine all the elements which go to make up the evolving landscape of competition, and their interaction. Thus, the effects of technological change are viewed in the context of changes in the legal and regulatory environment, and in competitive practice. For both the market as a whole and the individual firm this analysis illustrates how competitive positions actually emerge as a result of such interactions.Consistent with this wider view, both the technological and the non-technological competencies of firms a

The development and marketing of drugs since WWII demonstrates the impact of technology on competitiveness in a major industry. While focusing on the market in the USA, this book examines also the activities of European firms, their contribution to the industry's technological evolution and the impact of their entry into the US market.