Supply chain in the pharmaceutical industry
Subtitle: strategic influences and supply chain responses
By: by Rob Whewell.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780566086953
Subjects: Pharmaceutical industry -- Materials management; Pharmaceutical industry -- Costs; Pharmaceutical industry -- Customer services; Business logistics; Medical supplies; Drugs; Economics, Pharmaceutical; Technology, Pharmaceutical -- economics; Cost Control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The role of technology in the supply chain; title: Managing supply chain technology; title: The economic significance of healthcare investment; title: The importance of intellectual property - Its development and protection; title: The operational provision of healthcare; title: Conflicting goals within the supply chain; title: Diversion and parallel trade; title: Tactical responses to diversion; title: Managing compliance; title: The case for enhanced patient protection; title: Applying technology to secure the supply chain to patients; title: The importance of information; title: The future of healthcare.