Incentives for Research, Development, and Innovation in Pharmaceuticals
Walter . Ed(S): Garcia-Fontes
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Paperback. Editor(s): Garcia-Fontes, Walter. Series: Series Economia De La Salud Y Gestion Sanitaria. Num Pages: 96 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: LBBM; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 202.
Incentives for innovation are particularly relevant in the pharmaceutical industry where not all social needs provide equally profitable opportunities and where most OECD countries try to implement different measures that promote research in these less profitable areas. This book describes how incentives can be provided to deal with less profitable activities when no clear markets exist for the innovations. The book discusses alternative mechanisms to substitute for inexistent markets, situations where traditional instruments have proven totally insufficient, and the clear mismatch between the size of the markets being targeted and the incentives being provided. Patents become an ineffective way to ... Read more
Incentives for innovation are particularly relevant in the pharmaceutical industry where not all social needs provide equally profitable opportunities and where most OECD countries try to implement different measures that promote research in these less profitable areas. This book describes how incentives can be provided to deal with less profitable activities when no clear markets exist for the innovations. The book discusses alternative mechanisms to substitute for inexistent markets, situations where traditional instruments have proven totally insufficient, and the clear mismatch between the size of the markets being targeted and the incentives being provided. Patents become an ineffective way to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Healthcare United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
Series Economia De La Salud Y Gestion Sanitaria
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9788493806217
SKU
V9788493806217
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About Walter . Ed(S): Garcia-Fontes
Walter Garcia-Fontes is an associate professor at the Department of Economics and Business of Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His research interests are in Industrial Organization, firm innovation, technological change and applied econometrics. He has published his work in leading international field journals. He has coordinated various projects in the European Commission Framework Programmes studying the European chemical industry and the organizational ... Read more
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