The Generics Model: a Pivot for the Reconstruction of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Medicamentos genéricos: punto clave de la reconstrucción de la industria farmacéutica

Philippe Abecassis () and Nathalie Coutinet ()
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Nathalie Coutinet: CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord - UP13 - Université Paris 13 - USPC - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The pharma has a particular significance given the challenges it involves for public health, economics, politics and ethics. The medicines production is therefore subject to multiple and complex regulations, both national and international. While some of these regulations was designed against major pharmaceutical companies (Big Pharma), firms have often co-constructed the regulation with the intent to take advantage. The analysis of the changing patterns of production and successive big pharma's strategies can highlight the importance of the co-construction of regulation. This work shows how the "generic" model of medicines production which follows the "blockbusters" model appears as a transitional model, a pivot from which firms intend to escape as quick as possible, encouraged by the regulators, to find a "custombusters" model without its predecessor's defects.

Keywords: pharmaceutical industry; health policy; drug market regulation; generics; big pharma; politique de santé; régulation du secteur des médicaments; médicaments génériques; big pharma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06
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Published in Revue de la régulation. Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, 2015, Économie politique de la santé. Un exemple exemplaire La santé et ses industries, 19

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