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Market life, age structure and renewal—an analysis of pharmaceutical specialities and substances in Sweden 1960–82
Author(s) -
Berlin Hans,
Jönsson Bengt
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
managerial and decision economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-1468
pISSN - 0143-6570
DOI - 10.1002/mde.4090060409
Subject(s) - qualitative analysis , order (exchange) , business , qualitative research , sociology , social science , finance
Abstract The assortment of drugs on the Swedish market has been analysed in order to illustrate its current structure and its qualitative and quantitative changes. The analysis comprises both active substances and pharmaceutical specialities, and it has in several cases been divided into different pharmacological groups and into Swedish and imported products. The main aspects are: market life of products introduced since 1960; withdrawal of drugs; age of the current assortment of drugs; structural changes during 15 years; new drugs introduced since 1960; combinations; synonyms.