Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry - Its Evolution and Current Challenges

Zusatztext 'The Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry is an ambitious! broad-ranging analysis of the postwar history of an industry whose eight per cent share of Japanese manufacturing understates its significance in terms of health and as a barometer for science-based innovation.' - Robert Kneller! University of Tokyo; Journal of Japanese Studies! 2013. Informationen zum Autor Maki Umemura is a lecturer in Japanese studies at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Maki Umemura, Maki (Cardiff University Umemura, Umemura Maki
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.2011
• EAN: 9780415587662
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58766-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Japan, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, International business, Biology, life sciences, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Pharmaceutical technology, Manufacturing industries, Pharmaceutical industries, Pharmaceutical chemistry and technology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General