title: [The rational basis for the short-, medium-, and long-term evolution of the pharmaceutical industry].
abstract: In the last few years, a worldwide reorganization affecting the entire pharmaceutical industry has begun and is now accelerating. This intense trend of mergers, acquisitions, market entires++ and exits, reorientation and diversification reflects a new environment. This article sets out to explain the reasons behind this inescapable and rapid evolution.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Gastro-Entérologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Amédée-Manesme
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003132:Commerce; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000639:trends*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D011057:Politics; D012922:Social Change