Background: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing is an important segment of the Indian pharma industry. India ranks third in terms of volume of medicines produced, and is a major global supplier of generic medicines. However, India depends heavily on the import of several raw...

Understanding the drivers of market concentration in the generic pharmaceutical industry is essential to guaranteeing the availability of low-cost generics. In this paper, we develop a structural model to capture the multiple determinants governing manufacturers' entry decisions; in particular,...

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) of good quality is core to the manufacturing of effective and safe essential drugs. The price of APIs is the main cost driver for manufacturing. Only a limited number of large manufacturers of finished pharmaceutical products have their own API...

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Quality by Design Overview -- 1.2 Pharmaceutical Industry -- 1.3 Quality by Design Details -- 1.4 Chapter Summaries -- References -- Chapter 2 An Overview of the Role of Mathematical...

The objective of this study is to contribute to an ongoing background analysis, building on work already carried out within and outside of the European Commission with respect to engagement in the garment sector to support sustainability in the garment industry. The analysis will essentially...