Industry overview Pharmaceutical sector is an important industry of any modern day economic power. Pharmaceutical industry in India has a very humble past. After independence‚ development of pharmaceutical industry was one of the top agenda of government along with steel and manufacturing industry. The market was protected against competition for a long period of time by giving incentives to small firms‚ license-raj etc. Today the Indian pharmaceutical industry is the front-runner science-based
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their long-term survival in the intensively competitive and high-stakes drug industry. Industry Analysis -Porter’s Five Forces The Pharmaceutical industry has several high entry barriers as shown in figure 1. Economies of scale‚ product differentiation‚ government policy and capital requirements and financial services are few barriers for new entrant. Level of threat from rivalry is also high in this industry. Industry has presence of large number of small firms of a similar size. They are in direct
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Today the pharmaceutical industry is one of the biggest industries in the United States. The industry experienced a rapid growth rate (in the double digits) in the late 20th century which has now dropped into the single digits (Mullins‚ 2007). The global demand is driven by factors such as a worldwide increase in elderly population and a rising quality of life in developing nations. Time Magazine listed Generic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing as one of the top ten fastest growing industries in the United
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Merck‚ being on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world today‚ came from a meek beginning and still encounters many problems today while trying to maintain a lead amongst its competition. While being looked at as a research and development driven company‚ Merck now has to go beyond R&D to stay competitive in the pharmaceutical industry. Attracting talent to work for the company has never been a problem for Merck‚ but the bigger question was whether or not this talent would be able
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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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Objective of the report: The Bangladesh paradox has been one of surprising economic resilience in the face of natural disasters‚ poor governance and political volatility. However‚ a key challenge is whether Bangladesh can move away from an economy that is an impressive underdog‚ to one that can truly join the ranks of the fastest growing economies in the region. Bangladesh has three key attractions for global investors and multinationals: a large base of low-cost labour‚ a large domestic
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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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Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Business Environment 3 Agenda • • • • • • • History Indian Pharmaceutical Evolution Facts and Figures Regulatory Framework Current ongoing activities SWOT Analysis The India Advantage 4 History • Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Works‚ Calcutta‚ the first Indian pharmaceutical company established in 1901 • Still exists as one of the 5 government owned drug manufacturers • Next 60 years saw most of the drugs imported from multinationals 5 History
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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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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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