Maki Umemura

The Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry

Its Evolution and Current Challenges

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Charting the development of the industry from post-war devastation, through good recovery in the 1960s, and then up to the present, the book explores why Japan, despite being a world leader in many high technology industries, is only a minor player in the global pharmaceutical industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415587662
• ISBN-10: 0415587662
• Artikelnr.: 31386666

Autorenporträt

Maki Umemura is a lecturer in Japanese studies at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Why didn't Japan become a global leader in
pharmaceuticals? 2. A historical overview of Japan's pharmaceutical
industry 3. Developing a modern industry: The antibiotics sector 4. What
went wrong? The anticancer drug sector 5. Conclusion: Reconsidering Japan's
business in pharmaceuticals