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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808475603321

Autore

Schweitzer Stuart O

Titolo

Pharmaceutical economics and policy [[electronic resource] /] / Stuart O. Schweitzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-773783-8

1-283-05869-3

9786613058690

0-19-971974-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/761510973

Soggetti

Pharmaceutical industry - United States

Pharmaceutical policy - United States

Pharmaceutical industry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The industry -- pt. 2. The consumer -- pt. 3. The market -- pt. 4. Intervention in the pharmaceutical market : public and private.

Sommario/riassunto

The pharmaceutical industry is praised as a world leader in high technology innovation and the creator of products that increase both longevity and quality of life for people throughout the world. At the same time, the industry is also criticized for its marketing and pricing practices and for its apparent anticompetitive responses to generic competition. Even its research and development priorities are criticized as being too closely driven by the goal of maximizing shareholder value, rather than the health of the public. Unfortunately, many of the critics of the industry fail to understand t