This comprehensive overview covers the technology, applications, economic potential and implications for society. Directed at readers with a general interest in a specific technology, this is equally suitable as an introductory handbook to a wide range of industries.

This examination of the economics of the biopharmaceutical industry has 18 chapters by health economists. Part 1 examines the economics of biopharmaceutical innovation. Part 2 examines the market for biopharmaceuticals with chapters on prices and reimbursement in industrialised and developing...