Science Research Management ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 147-155.

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Empirical study on parallel imports of pharmaceuticals in Sweden and its enlightenment to China

Yu Xiang, Wu Lan-fen   

  1. School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2005-05-19 Online:2007-01-24 Published:2011-05-16

Abstract: The characteristics of pharmaceutical parallel imports in Sweden are summarized.Then the impacts of parallel imports on the pharmaceutical market in Sweden from the viewpoint of pharmaceutical price,manufactures' pricefixing,pharmaceutical R&D and per capita medical consumption are investigated.Finally,the possible influences of parallel imports on Chinese pharmaceutical market are analyzed.

Key words: Sweden, pharmaceuticals, parallel imports, empirical study

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