title: An overview of the pharmaceutical industry.
abstract: The research-based pharmaceutical industry is a large and diverse worldwide employer. Rapid changes in the health care marketplace have resulted in many changes for the industry, including a need to streamline the drug discovery and development process. To address this challenge, new technologies have been rapidly adapted. Another result of the changing marketplace has been a rapid consolidation with many recent mergers and acquisitions as well as internal reorganizations to better support new and varied customers.
authors.affiliation: Glaxo Wellcome Inc. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Stave
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Joines
mesh_terms: D004341:Drug Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States