TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whewell,Rob
TI  - Supply Chain in the Pharmaceutical Industry: strategic influences and supply chain responses 
SN  - 9780566086953 (hbk.)
U1  - 338.476151 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Farnham, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Gower
KW  - Pharmaceutical industry
KW  - Materials management
KW  - Costs
KW  - Customer services
KW  - Business logistics
KW  - Medical supplies
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Economics, pharmaceutical
KW  - Technology, pharmaceutical
KW  - economics
KW  - Cost control
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The role of technology in the supply chain -- Managing supply chain technology -- The economic significance of healthcare investment -- The importance of intellectual property : its development and protection -- The operational provision of healthcare -- Conflicting goals within the supply chain -- Diversion and parallel trade -- Tactical responses to diversion -- Managing compliance -- The case for enhanced patient protection -- Applying technology to secure the supply chain to patients -- The importance of information -- The future of healthcare
ER  -