Pharmaceutical Industry Report

Pharmaceutical Industry in Syria

The aim of this article is to present the development of the pharmaceutical industry in Syria using national and international public data sources. At the end of the 80ies, the pharmaceutical industry in Syria was very poor, covering 6% of the national needs. In less than 20 years, with the government support in terms of legal frame and strategic political engagement, the Syrian pharmaceutical ...

Pharmaceutical Industry Whitepaper

The Pharmaceutical Industry

The pharmaceutical industry raises unique economic questions because of three related features. First, the high rate of R&D, technical change and importance of patent protection raise important positive and normative questions related to industry structure, prices, profits and public policy. Second, the industry is heavily regulated in all major functions. Early regulatory requirements focused ...

The Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry

1. Distribute a full line of pharmaceutical products and health and beauty aids to chain stores, independent drug stores, hospitals, and other health care facilities. In other words, FoxMeyer’s customers were retailers and dispensers. 2. Provide managed care and information-based services to health care facilities, pharmacies and physicians. 3. Conduct business in franchising variety stores and...

Biomarkers in the pharmaceutical industry.

Although biomarkers have been the essence of laboratory medicine since its inception, they are relatively new tools in the development of pharmaceutical compounds. The main utility of biomarkers for pharmaceutical companies has been in making drug development a more efficient and a cost-effective process. This is primarily the case because of the drastic and perhaps alarming increase seen in th...