BACKGROUND A publication bias exists towards positive results in studies funded by pharmaceutical companies. OBJECTIVES To determine whether drug studies in the pulmonary/allergy literature also demonstrate a publication bias towards more favorable results when a pharmaceutical company funds the study. METHODS We reviewed all original articles published in seven pulmonary and allergy journa...

todays, the parent company has a great role in managing and monitoring subsidiaries and companies in promoting their industrial activities. but, the main problem for pharmaceutical parent companies is the lack of clarity and confusion of responsibilities between units. successful parenting needs to create the element of 'fit' between the ways parent operates – parent characteristics –...

information plays a vital role in effective management of any system. with the health management information system (hmis) specific information may be provide to support o the decision makers at various levels of the health system to assist evidence-based decision making. pharmaceutical distributor companies have reported their sales data to moh at monthly intervals. each company should report ...

healthcare and Ranbaxy have been bought by Abbott and Daiichi Sankyo, respectively.[3] Cipla, an indigenous company, lone with a market share of about 5.4% tops the list of top 10 companies in India. The increasing presence of foreign companies among the top pharmaceutical companies in India is may be due to a few buyouts which happened in the recent past. Daiichi Sankyo, a leading Japanese pha...

Corporate diversification allows for well-hidden financial ties between pharmaceutical and tobacco companies, which can cause a conflict of interest in the development and marketing of pharmaceutical products. In our investigation of tobacco company documents released and posted on the Internet as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement, we have found that these financial ties have fostered...

regarding to rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment it will become increasingly important for organizations to measure their performances appropriately. with respect to special characteristics of pharmaceutical industry and lack of reported performance measurement, this study tries to design an integrated performance measurement model for pharmaceutical companies. for gene...

     Todays, the parent company has a great role in managing and monitoring subsidiaries and companies in promoting their industrial activities. But, the main problem for pharmaceutical parent companies is the lack of clarity and confusion of responsibilities between units. Successful parenting needs to create the element of 'fit' between the ways parent operates – parent characte...