The Effect of Longer Development Times on Product Pipeline Management Performance

In the pharmaceutical industry, value is being destroyed through longer product development times. Given that patent lives are (normally) fixed at 20 years, the double hit of increasing time to market is evident – higher R&D costs and less time at market before generic competitors are able to...

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Main Authors: Paulo S. Figueiredo, Xisto L. Travassos, Elisabeth Loiola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) 2015-07-01
Series:RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea
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Online Access:http://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_1608.pdf