Does increased price competition reduce entry of new pharmaceutical products?

Artikel

In October 2002, a substitution reform was introduced in the Swedish pharmaceuticals market. In this paper, the effects of increased price competition due to the reform on the entry of new pharmaceutical products were studied. The results show that the reform did affect the entry behavior of generic manufacturers as they became more prone to enter new package sizes into the market after the reform, but also that there is considerable heterogeneity in entry behavior between different ATC-code groups for both brand name and generic products.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Advances in Management & Applied Economics ; ISSN: 1792-7552 ; Volume: 1 ; Year: 2011 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-14 ; International Scientific Press

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General ; Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness ; Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics ; Analysis of Health Care Markets
• Subject: pharmaceutical industry ; generic competition ; generic drugs ; brand name drugs

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Granlund, David ; Rudholm, Niklas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/49024
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET