1st Edition
Supply Chain in the Pharmaceutical Industry Strategic Influences and Supply Chain Responses
By Rob Whewell
Copyright 2010
270 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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The pharmaceutical and healthcare industry is hugely complex because it involves so many markets, products, processes and intermediaries. It is also heavily regulated, global, and used by everyone at some stage in their life. No wonder the supply chain for delivery of healthcare services is often fragmented and understood only in discrete sections. Changes in one area impact upon the others, and... Read more
Chapter 1 The Role of Technology in the Supply Chain; Chapter 2 Managing Supply Chain Technology; Chapter 3 The Economic Significance of Healthcare Investment; Chapter 4 The Importance of Intellectual Property: Its Development and Protection; Chapter 5 The Operational Provision of Healthcare; Chapter 6 Conflicting Goals within the Supply Chain; Chapter 7 Diversion and Parallel Trade; Chapter 8 Tactical Responses to Diversion; Chapter 9 Managing Compliance; Chapter 10 The Case for Enhanced Patient Protection; Chapter 11 Applying Technology to Secure the Supply Chain to Patients; Chapter 12 The Importance of Information; Chapter 13 The Future of Healthcare;
Biography
Rob Whewell was a founder member and Vice President of Aegate Ltd., a venture company established by PA Consulting Group to provide the industry with a mechanism to ensure safe dispensing of medicines to patients by pharmacists. Before joining PA Consulting Life Sciences division he built up his experience in pharmaceutical supply chain issues at Wellcome, Glaxo and Zeneca working in Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, USA and Middle East Markets. Rob lectured widely on the subject on the global conference circuit.
