this paper discussed the application of information and communication technology (ict) in pharmaceutical product marketing in nigeria. data for the study was obtained from 76 pharmaceutical firms in southwest nigeria which comprised of about 95% of the pharmaceutical companies that were into manufacturing of drugs in nigeria. the categories of firms surveyed include retail pharmacy, combination...

Across the world medicines are the ubiquitous technology in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Pharmaceutical policy, as part of national health care policy, is concerned with the provision and use of medicines. Pharmacists are critical to the medicines management process, yet are often largely detached from policy development. Logically, they should inform Government policies ...

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 ...

ROBERT POPOVIAN, PHARM.D., MS., is Senior Medical Liaison, PJizer, Inc. At the time oj this study, he was Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellow, Department oj Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University oj Southern California School oj Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA; KATHLEEN A. JOHNSON, PHARM.D., PH.D., is Associate proJessor oj Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University oj Sou...

background while there is currently no cure for multiple sclerosis (ms), treatment with biologic diseasemodifying drugs (bdmds) can reduce the impact of the condition on the lives of patients. in greece, the regulatory change in the distribution system of bdmds, limited their administration through the designated pharmacies of the national organization for healthcare services provision (eopyy) ...

OBJECTIVE To identify pharmaceutical policy changes during the economic recession in eight European countries and to determine whether policy measures resulted in lower sales of, and less expenditure on, pharmaceuticals. METHODS Information on pharmaceutical policy changes between 2008 and 2011 in eight European countries was obtained from publications and pharmaceutical policy databases. Dat...

This paper considers a two stages pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) consisting of a pharmaceutical manufacturer (pharma-manufacturer) that supplies one type of pharmaceutical product to a pharma-retailer. The customer demand rate for the pharmaceutical product is dependent on the pharma-retailer’s current-inventory level. The pharma-retailer determines the order quantity ( ) value as decision v...

Promoting generic medicines to increase access to essential medicines is relevant to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) and post 2015 goals. There are several barriers to encouraging wider use of generic medicines in health systems, e.g. the widely-held perception that low price equals low quality and misalignment of provider and consumer incentives. Overcoming the complex barriers ...