R&d Costs, Innovative Output and Firm Size in the Pharmaceutical Industry

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Summary

The R&D cost per new drug approved in the US is shown to decrease with firm size, whileSales distributions are highly skewed and suggest that firms need to search for blockbuster drugs with above--average returns.

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article
Published
1995-07-01
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Pharmaceutical industry, Industrial organization, Business, Economics, Microeconomics

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