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ArticleHealth care management science2017

Preferred supplier contracts in post-patent prescription drug markets.

Carl Rudolf Blankart, Tom Stargardt

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Article in Health care management science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. The impact of physician-level drug budgets on prescribing behavior.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2018
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2 authors.

Carl Rudolf BlankartHamburg Center for Health Economics, Universität Hamburg, Esplanade 36, D-20354, Hamburg, Germany. rudolf.blankart@uni-hamburg.de.
Tom StargardtHamburg Center for Health Economics, Universität Hamburg, Esplanade 36, D-20354, Hamburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the expiration of patents for large drug classes has increased the importance of post-patent drug markets. However, previous research has focused solely on patent drug markets. In this study, the authors evaluate the influence of preferred supplier contracts, the German approach to tendering, in post-patent drug markets using a hierarchical market share attraction model. The authors find that preferred supplier contracts are a powerful strategic instrument for generic manufacturers in a highly competitive environment. They quantify the effects of signing a preferred supplier contract and show that brand-name manufacturers are vulnerable to tendering. Therefore, brand-name manufacturers should readjust their strategies and consider including preferred supplier contracts in their marketing mix. In addition, the authors employ a simulation to demonstrate that a first-mover advantage might be gained from signing a preferred supplier contract. Furthermore, their results can be used as a blueprint for decision makers in the pharmaceutical industry to assess the market share effects of different contracting strategies regarding preferred supplier contracts.

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Generic drugsMarket share attraction modelPharmaceutical marketRebate contractStrategic behaviorTendering

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