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Drug Pricing in the United States

Tom Spencer

1 Pharmaceutical companies are unique in their capacity, due to little regulation and oversight, to raise prices. Pharmaceutical companies focus on a variety of factors when pricing drugs with the main objective of generating the most revenue. In order to limit competition, pharmaceutical companies rely heavily on patent laws.

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The modern expediter

Seth Godin Blog

At the same time that air travel is becoming less favored by businesses, the world is more connected than ever before. And so the pharmaceuticals, the software, the fabrics, the call centers, the chips—it becomes ever more difficult to truly understand how to source and produce the components that world-based products demand.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm has developed an impressive client list of many Fortune 500 companies from a variety of industries, but the majority of its business comes from pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical technology firms. Transportation, Travel & Tourism. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher. Distribution & Wholesale. Healthcare.

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An Unconventional Path: One Medical Student’s Journey Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

I decided to pursue a master’s degree alongside my current training in order to better understand how clinical research played a driving role in the pharmaceutical and medical device business world. His free moments are spent traveling and enjoying sporting events with his wife and daughter. Image: Pexels.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

In 1982, Andy presented his and Prabha’s mathematical models for sales force sizing and territory alignment to the Pharmaceutical Management Science Association (PMSA), using an early Apple computer to display sales territories on-site. Pharmaceuticals & Biotech. Travel & Transportation. Consumer Packaged goods.

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Panic Over Ebola: Airline Strikes, Banned Flights, Experimental Drugs

MishTalk

Anyone traveling from ebola hotspots in Africa, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, to select US airports will get special screening and have their temperatures. Twenty percent of respondents opposed a travel ban, and the rest said they didn’t know. Elboa Treatment The Financial Times reports Chinese Company Develops Ebola Treatment.

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Blockchain in Healthcare: Possibilities and Limitations

Tom Spencer

Blockchain technology could also be used to reduce loses due to counterfeit drugs, which cost pharmaceutical companies an estimated $200 billion per year. His free moments are spent traveling and enjoying sporting events with his wife and daughter. Supply Chain Tracking. Image: Pexels. References. Fraser, Heather.