BACKGROUND Pharmaceutical companies in Africa need to invest in both facilities and quality management systems to achieve good manufacturing practice (GMP) compliance. Compliance to international GMP standards is important to the attainment of World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification. However, most of the local pharmaceutical manufacturing companies may be deterred from investing in qua...

the discovery of rNa interference (rNai) in 1998 sparked a revolution in rNa research (Fire et al, 1998). it also triggered a surge of investment from biotechnology companies and major pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs and therapies that exploit this new mechanism of gene regulation. the commercial interest intensified in 2006 after andrew Fire and craig Mello received the Nobel pri...

The paper suggests an accounting-based methodology for defining open innovation business models, by analysing investments and divestments of intangibles, either in separate transactions (trading) or within business combinations, mergers and acquisitions (incorporation). The framework is applied to a sample of 274 science based companies in bio-pharmaceutical and technology hardware & equipment ...

Unlike the health of our bodies, the health of our minds is often neglected. In 2007, The Lancet’s Series on Global Mental Health sought to draw attention to the worldwide burden of mental illness. Data published by Michael Phillips and colleagues in this issue indicate that mental health disorders might aff ect far more people than previously estimated. Their study took on the challeng ing tas...

PURPOSE By analyzing and comparing industry and business best practice, processes can be optimized and become more successful mainly because efficiency and competitiveness increase. This paper aims to focus on some examples. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Case studies are used to show knowledge exchange in the pharmaceutical industry. Best practice solutions were identified in two companies usin...

Background: Marketing has for many years been working to reduce environmental concerns by relying on ethics and presenting new marketing ideas such as green marketing. Therefore, the present study aimed to provide a model of the green marketing process in the pharmaceutical industry. Method: This applied research was conducted with a mixed (quantitative - qualitative) approach. In the qualitat...

pharmaceutical sector in the past decade is well documented1. Many of these analyses have attempted to identify specific causes leading to such questionable performance metrics, as well as suggest possible solutions1-5. In the latter case it has involved consideration of better technology investments; build-out of IT, bioinformatics and knowledge management tools; creation of efficient decision...

Product liability is one of the fastest growing and most economically significant applications of tort law. Product liability actions against pharmaceutical companies are among the most widely publicized classes of suits in the United States and Europe, prompting pharmaceutical companies to lobby vigorously for tort reform. (Nace et al., 1997). The liability burden on pharmaceutical companies h...