Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques
2019, Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages: 404-417
At the same time, all participants in the pharmaceutical
market of Ukraine, forming its structure, can be divided into
the following main groups:
to increase the quality of the provided medicinal services, and
thus to raise the level of national security.
Thus, strategic management of the pharmaceutical
industry development in Ukraine should be aimed at
maintaining the positive influence of factors-stabilizers and
forecasting and minimizing the negative effects of
destabilizing factors.
In world practice, considerable experience has been gained
in the pharmaceutical regulatory approaches. In many
countries, including the former Soviet Union republics, certain
laws on the legal regulation of the medicines circulation and
pharmaceutical activities, drug quality control, etc. have been
developed.
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Domestic manufacturers which meet the European GMP
standards;
Eastern European producers (KRKA, GedeonRichter), long-
term suppliers for the Ukrainian market;
New generic companies (Actavis, Zentiva), characterized by
flexible pricing and fast formation of the product range;
Innovative producers (Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis), developing
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new approaches to treatment, have a broad evidence base, but
also higher prices;
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Niche companies (MiliHealthcare, Heel) with successful
positions in certain markets.
According to data published in the report by R. Gerster,
transnational companies dominated in the Indian market by
1970 which accounted for 85% of the pharmaceutical market
in monetary terms. Everything changed after the 1970 Patent
Act adoption that dramatically affected the Indian
pharmaceutical market structure. Clause 83 of this Act states
that patents are granted to encourage inventions and to secure
that the inventions are worked in India on a commercial scale,
however they are not granted merely to enable patentees to
enjoy a monopoly for the importation of the patented article.
The main feature of the act was not the denial of patent rights
- the state recognizes them and is ready to pay for them, but to
prevent the monopolization of the activities of large
companies. In the Indian pharmaceutical sector, only
technological features of those productions are currently
patented, which patent protection lasts for 7 years. Besides the
state reserves the right to independently grant licenses for
drugs in case if a patent holder refuses to do so on fair terms.
As a result, over 20 years, the share of multinational
companies in the Indian pharmaceutical market has decreased
by more than twice - up to 40% (12).
Consequently, this heterogeneity of the market structure
and the significant influence of the foreign policy and
economic situation make the national pharmaceutical industry
face general problems of choosing a strategy and strategic
development methods taking into account the globalization
influence.
Tendencies to globalization and concentration of the
global pharmaceutical market through mergers and
acquisitions of large companies are observed. An analysis of
tendencies in the global pharmaceutical market suggests
certain factors, incentive and disincentive for its growth. And
considering the deep interconnection and interdependence of
our country's economy with world tendencies, a development
strategy for the domestic pharmaceutical market should be
based on deep understanding of the mechanism of interaction
of these factors.
Some researchers, in particular E.M. Bilousov et al. (2),
distinguish both positive and negative sides in globalization
regarding each country. Negative ones include, firstly, state
institutions’ service for interests of international corporations,
which in practice weaken the national manufacturers’
interests, moving them out of external markets. Secondly, the
economy power usurpation by the developed countries.
Thirdly, the weakening of the country’s sovereignty by
limiting opportunities for choosing activities in foreign
markets. Fourthly, increased requirements of regulatory
documents of interstate entities in relation to the national
legislation of a particular country. E.M. Bilousov et al. (2)
considers the improved economic state by attracting
investments, bank capital, a single monetary currency, mutual
funds, etc, to be positive aspects of globalization from the
point of view of ensuring the sovereignty of a particular
country. In general, the analysis of modern interstate
cooperation allows to state that the regulatory mechanisms
resulted by such cooperation show different effectiveness
depending on its scope (2).
The main globalization factors influencing development of
the pharmaceutical industry can be divided into two directions:
factors-stabilizers and factors-destabilizers. For example,
technology transfer can be considered as a positive factor-
stabilizer, which increases the product innovation, the
technological level of the pharmaceutical industry, which
should expand markets in the future. The unification of the
treatment standards and the medicines quality will require
additional funding soon, that means additional costs for
equipment, laboratory, training, but in the long term, will
enable to offer the products in a larger number of markets, and
Domestic researchers also consider the possibility of
forming
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strategy for the pharmaceutical market
development. For example, the authors (27) consider the
strategy of sustainable development, which consists of
economic, ecological and social and institutional aspects. The
national sustainable development strategy, currently being
actively discussed, has a platform for forming the sustainable
development strategy and goals: availability of medicines,
quality and rational use. By the way, development and
implementation of the National Drug Policy were required by
the World Health Organization for each country, and it should
define the goals set by the government for the pharmaceutical
sector and determine the strategy for their achievement.
Klunko substantiates in her work the need to use an import
substitution strategy aimed at increasing the use of internal
reserves and treatment protocols which involve local generics,
not imported original medicines (11). However, the import
substitution strategy is considered to be part of a common
strategy, and the main direction of the industry development
should be in transition to the use of both strategies - import
substitution and export orientation.
Dorovsky examines the experience of Turkey and the
opportunity to stimulate the production of generics and
original drugs under the pharmaceutical manufacturers’ (6)
licenses and offers the following strategic development areas:
joint ventures, quality standards compliance, concentration in
biotechnology developments.
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