The authors trace the careers of a son of Greek immigrants as he mastered three professions and ultimately became the Chief Executive Officer of the pharmaceutical giant, Merck & Co., Inc. As the book shows, there was hope even for a wise-cracking kid living through the hard times of the 1930s

The pharmaceuticals and chemical industries are often viewed as 'Sun Rise' industries, providing skilled jobs as well as technology transfer and other linkages into the local innovation system. Policy in India and elsewhere has also been favourable to these industries for their capacity to...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted trade flows, causing a trade drop in 2020 that was especially sensitive for pharmaceutical and medical products necessary to ensure public health. The production of pharmaceutical products is dispersed in a framework of global value chains. This study aimed to...