Blockbuster Drugs: The Rise and Decline of the Pharmaceutical Industry

by Jie Jack Li

Book Overview

For the world's largest prescription drug manufacturers, the last few years have been a harrowing time. Recently, Pfizer's Lipitor, GlaxoSmithKline's Advair, AstraZeneca's Seroquel, and Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Plavix all came off patent in the crucial U.S. market. This so-called "patent cliff" meant hundreds of billions of dollars in lost revenue and has pharmaceutical developers scrambling to create new drugs and litigating to extend...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199737681
• ISBN13: 9780199737680
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"