competition in the drug market over time are all shaped by regulation. Throughout much of the world, administrative regulation …Very few industries are as profoundly influenced by regulation as the pharmaceutical industry. All aspects of the life …-cycle of new drugs are regulated, from patent application, to marketing approval, commercial exploitation, patent expiration …

model to study consumers’ buying behavior and firm competition in the post patent ethical drug markets. We use the estimated … study the post patent ethical drug market and simulate the impact of ACA on individuals, healthcare providers and … paper is the first to illustrate the potential policy effect of Obamacare through a structural model on post patent ethical …

R&D and market competition. Most of the literature on patent disclosure has highlighted the trade-offs involved by the … and spillovers for which patent protection assures appropriability thus providing incentives for innovation. Indeed …, Mansfield (1986) found that, absent patent protection, 60 percent of pharmaceutical inventions would not have been developed and …

this paper, we take a close look at competition among the generic entrants during the first three years after patent …Pharmaceutical markets experience the entry of numerous generic firms upon expiration of the brand firm's patent. In … expiration and examine whether there is a first mover advantage. We specify a random effect nested logit model of competition …

increased competition between healthcare providers on prescription of antibiotics. We make use of a competition- inducing reform … different subcategories of antibiotics. The results indicate that increased competition had a positive and significant effect on …

industry activities proceeds, national regulation aimed at reducing costs for pharmaceuticals can have the unintended effect of …This paper looks into various means of regulating pharmaceuticals and their effects on the structure of the … international pharmaceutical industry. Regulation adds complexity to the activities of a firm. This complexity is multiplied, if …