pharmaceutical company Articles
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Pharmaceutical Companies Rely on Nitrogen
Pharmaceutical firms research, develop, and manufacture over-the-counter and prescription drugs and medicines. Usage of these drugs includes, but is not limited to, vaccinations, treatment for chronic conditions, and pain management. To protect the health and well-being of the public, the pharmaceutical industry is one of the most highly regulated industries. For instance, in the United States, ...
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The changing autarky pharmaceutical R&D process: causes and consequences of growing R&D collaboration in Japanese firms
This paper analyses the changing R&D process at Japanese pharmaceutical companies, based on a questionnaire survey as well as structured interviews at large Japanese pharmaceutical companies. Japanese pharmaceutical companies have recently engaged in active R&D collaborations with other firms and universities. This paper identifies the factors underlying this trend, finding that all three factors ...
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Estimating production technical efficiency for the US biopharmaceutical industry
This article estimates the production technical efficiency of pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies under heterogeneous technologies. We employ metafrontier analysis to estimate the production metafrontier technical efficiency during the period 1989–2007. When using traditional stochastic frontier analysis, the results show that the technical efficiency of the biotechnology ...
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The Benefits of Partnering with a Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) for Generic Pharmaceutical Companies
The generic pharmaceutical industry is fiercely competitive, with each company striving to add new products and expand its portfolio. However, not all companies possess the necessary resources to undertake such endeavours. Some lack the requisite experience in commercial-scale production using the latest technology, while others lack the capacity to ramp up manufacturing. ...
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The formation of subsequent inter-firm R&D partnerships between large pharmaceutical companies and small, entrepreneurial biotechnology firms – how important is inter-organisational trust?
This paper analyses the role of inter-organisational trust in pharmaceutical biotechnology, an industry characterised by a strong dual market structure. Our main finding is that repeated ties in pairs of large pharmaceutical companies and small, entrepreneurial biotechnology firms, which indicate inter-organisational trust, have a negative effect on subsequent partnering. An explanation for this ...
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Pharmaceutical multinational company - Case Study
The Client Multinational pharmaceutical company - Europe The cooperation on digitally supported services started in 2019 in one of the customer’s manufacturing facilities in Europe. The site of the first contract had multiple water rooms generating purified water with some equipment supplied by Veolia Water ...
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Pharmaceutical environmental control unit: Where process control drives the outcome - Case Study
A pharmaceutical company that specializes in chemical process technology solutions came to CleanroomSystems® for help maintaining a cleanroom environment for one of their compound research and development (R&D) units. More specifically, they were looking for a customized pharmaceutical environmental control unit that would control the temperature, relative humidity, pressure and ...
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Strategic business leadership through innovation and globalisation: a case study of Ranbaxy Limited
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. (RLL) is the largest pharmaceutical company incorporated in India. It is also amongst the top league globally and is ranked 9th largest generic company worldwide. Ranbaxy is also credited with the tag of true Indian multinational. The company traces its roots to a chemist shop in Delhi. It is one of the first Indian pharmaceutical company to start a joint venture abroad. ...
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Managing B2B relationships in the Croatian pharmaceutical industry
The main purpose of CRM is to get to know the customer as well as possible, which can help a company to deliver better, more appropriate and higher added value to the customer. A strong connection with the customers is the key to their satisfaction, especially if this connection is attained through recognising the customers' needs. This can become one of the crucial competitive advantages. Those ...
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Innovation management of Japanese pharmaceutical companies: the case of an antibiotic developed by Takeda
It is often argued that the Japanese pharmaceutical industry lacks international competitiveness partly because of its weakness in innovation – most new drugs developed by Japanese companies are imitative and lack appeal in overseas markets. To address this problem, I suggest a well-defined typology of drug innovation. I found in my previous studies that the dominant type of innovation among ...
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10 Challenges that Pharmaceuticals face for Equipment Maintenance
Pharmaceutical is among the industries that have complex processes. It continuously requires new strategies to improve the ongoing operations, achieve business goals, and maintain competitiveness. One of the common mistakes they make while developing business strategies is not considering equipment maintenance. That’s why pharmaceutical companies face numerous challenges for their ...
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Managing virtual R&D organisations: lessons from the pharmaceutical industry
In this paper, the virtual organisation of R&D in Pharmaceuticals is studied. A virtual organisation in Research and Development is designed to access external knowledge and resources, necessary for generating and developing successful innovations. A survey has been conducted on nine pharmaceutical companies (from the USA, Europe and Japan), aimed to investigate the characteristics of Research ...
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Knowledge-based industry after market liberalisation: the case of the local pharmaceutical industry in Central and Eastern Europe
Research of the strategic aspects of the generic pharmaceutical industry in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) suggests that generic pharmaceutical companies have neglected technological innovation capability, market orientation and performance and have underestimated the process of globalisation. This has resulted in deteriorated performance and lost competitiveness. A recommended approach to ...
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The biotechnology revolution: implications for the pharmaceutical industry
Until recently, many of the larger pharmaceutical companies were exclusively responsible for the discovery of novel treatments through the efforts of their own in-house research. However, the arrival of biotechnology was to change these traditional patterns of innovation. Today, pharmaceutical manufacturers no longer view themselves as the sole innovators in the industry. Rather, they are ...
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The particle counter useful for formulation and process developement of parenterals
Comments by major pharmaceutical company research scientist. We've found the Spectrex to be a very useful tool in formulation and process development for parenteral products in cases where the volume of solution available is limited, and we are primarily interested either in 1) differences in relative numbers and sizes of particles when comparing various formulations or processing treatments, or ...
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WinLims for the pharmaceutical industry
The production of pharmaceuticals is highly regulated by the FDA, MCA, and other regulatory organisations around the world. Auditing of pharmaceutical companies is carried out on a regular basis to ensure that all areas of the business are adhering to the approved quality procedures. The laboratories and any LIMS in use are subjected to this scrutiny. Hence it is crucial for WinLIMS to provide ...
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Adaptive Designs in nQuery - Case Study
Effective and Efficient Drug Development Challenge Increased Cost, Risk, and Competition in the Drug Development Processes Dr. Luis Rojas, the Executive Director Head of Biostatistics at Target Health, is a subject matter expert in study design and sample size calculations with more than 30 years of industry experience. He has worked in the leading CROs in the industry and has assisted ...
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The changing role of technology suppliers in the pharmaceutical industry: the case of drug delivery companies
In this paper, preliminary results of a research project on strategies of drug delivery companies (DDC) are presented to discuss the changing role of technology suppliers in the pharmaceutical industry. Changes in the pharmaceutical industry are presented briefly and related to developments in the drug delivery industry. The early observations are contrasted with existing views from the ...
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A New Challenge for Quality Experts - the Data Quality Concept
Abstract The role of quality systems in pharmaceutical organizations has grown faster than any other function during the last 15 years. During this period, a small group dedicated to traditional Compliance grew and expanded to include Quality Experts in areas such as validation, product release, operations, sterility assurance, and other specialized functions. Creating a deeper quality connection ...
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Bottom-up or top-down? Evolutionary change management in NPD processes
This paper presents theoretical evolutionary change management principles and a simulation game based business process development method, built upon these principles. The authors applied the method in two NPD process development projects in Finland. Results from the case projects and conclusions to the management of change are presented. The projects differed markedly in their initial change ...
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