Generic medicines are clinically interchangeable with original brand medicines and have
the same quality, efficacy and safety profiles. They are, nevertheless, much cheaper in price …

I examine physician agency in health care services in the context of the choice between
brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals. I examine micro-panel data from Japan, where …

The efforts of Conti were funded by a K07 CA138906 award from the National Cancer
Institute to the University of Chicago. Berndt's efforts were not sponsored. The funding …

Increasing the adoption of generic drugs has the potential to improve static efficiency in a
health system without harming pharmaceutical innovation. However, very little is known …

This paper empirically analyses entry by generic firms into the strictly regulated Spanish
pharmaceutical market. We estimate a fixed effects negative binomial entry model using a …

The findings regarding the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and
financial performance remain divided. Grounded on the stakeholder theory, this quantitative …

Historically, brand-name pharmaceuticals have enjoyed long periods of market exclusivity in
Japan, given the limited use of generics after patent expiration. To improve the efficiency of …

Background: Many of public hospitals in Japan have had a deficit for a long time. Japanese
local governments have been encouraging public hospitals to use group purchasing of …

Asia-Pacific is the largest continent and the most populous. It also presents a study in
contrast because of wide income disparity inter and intra country within the continent …

Background: The increased use of generic drugs is a good indicator of the need to reduce
the increasing costs of prescription drugs. Since there are more expensive drugs compared …