Monday, December 3, 2012

IFPMA - Policies that Encourage Innovation in Middle-income Countries - report by Charles River Assoc

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) asked Charles River Associates (CRA) to investigate the conditions necessary to encourage innovation in middle-income countries. Ultimately, the purpose of this project is to evaluate the policies of host governments that encourage investment in innovative activities and the implications for future innovation policy.

The report focuses on eight case study countries (Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa and South Korea). The case studies were chosen using a number of criteria. Firstly, we selected countries from different geographic regions, focusing on those that had been most successful in developing innovative activities to date in their region. Secondly, we chose countries that illustrate a range of different policy approaches. Thirdly, we chose a mix of countries with a long-standing objective of developing an innovative industry as well as countries that had only relatively recently embarked on this. Finally, we included South Korea as a basis of comparison, which was a middleincome country when it instigated its programme to encourage pharmaceutical innovation and provides a longer term perspective on what is achievable.


In addition, to reviewing the existing academic literature and government sources, we undertook 25 interviews with government officials, academics, industry trade associations and individual companies.

 

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