Our study puts special attention to the fact that R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry are formed at different stages throughout the drug development process. We study if the timing to engage in R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry has different impacts on the technology...

The rise of blockbuster pharmaceutical acquisitions has prompted fears that unprecedented market concentration will weaken competition. Two of the most prominent concerns focus on the upstream and downstream ends of the pharmaceutical industry: (1) the concern that these mergers will concentrate...

Seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts hat sich das Bewusstsein der Konsumenten und potentiellen Patienten hinsichtlich der Gesundheit in Deutschland dramatisch verändert. Der individuelle Lebensstil der Menschen in der heutigen Gesellschaft fordert - unterstützt durch den rasanten Fortschritt von...