what are the entry barriers in pharmaceutical industry?
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P. L. Narayana has written: 'The Indian pharmaceutical industry' -- subject(s): Pharmaceutical industry 'Implications of high, medium, and low technologies' -- subject(s): Industries
The US government attempted to facilitate the growth of domestic industry by placing high tariff barriers on foreign imports.
Since World War II, which established the American drug industry on a permanent footing, pharmaceutical firms have enjoyed a high level of profitability.
Supernormal profits due to high barriers to entry. Profits in the long run are determined by the barriers to entry. If there is high barriers to entry, new firms cannot enter the industry easily and hence cannot competed with existing firms for profits. Existing firms would be able to enjoy supernormal profits. On the contrary, weak barriers to entry means that the long run profits would be competed away by new firms entering the industry, hence firms would earn normal profits. Oligopoly market is characterised by high barriers to entry, largely due to non-price competition such as branding, advertising, etc. High barriers could also be due to economies of scale and high fixed cost.
By the late 1990s, the primary market for this industry--the pharmaceutical industry--risked high research and development costs for the prized billions of dollars it could generate with new products.
Placing high tariff barriers on foreign imports.
I don't know that they have high barriers to exist. But they usually do have high barriers to entry. It's "tough" because other companies can't compete. It's usually too expensive for a start up company to even try. Related to monopolies are oligopolies, It's ruling by the few. An example of an oligopoly is the cell phone companies. There are only a few cell phone companies because it's cost prohibitive to enter into the cell phone market.
The music industry is dominated by a few large firms which dominate the market, thus enabling the industry to exert its market influence. They also partake in collusion to ensure that barriers to entry into the music industry remain high for new firms to enter. The characteristics of an oligopoly are as follows: Few, large number of firms dominate the market. High barriers to entry Long run abnormal profits Price makers- have the ability to determine market price. Maximise profits where MC=MR. The music industry fits into the above characteristics and therefore is considered to be an oligopoly.
The media industry's oligopolistic market structure is caused by high barriers to entry, such as the high cost of infrastructure and content creation. Additionally, economies of scale play a role as larger companies can spread their costs over a larger audience. Finally, consolidation and mergers contribute to the concentration of power among a few key players in the industry.
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