The life sciences move fast, so the resources are not great, but here is what I found. Please feel free to contact me with additions or subtractions to this page.
Glossaries
Books
- Understanding Pharma: The Professional’s Guide to How Pharmaceutical and Biotech Companies Really Work by John Campbell
- Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry, edited by Patricia Danzon and Sean Nicholson
- There are many Health Economics textbooks in the Duke library, including a book by Duke University’s Frank Sloan
News
- Fierce Health Tech
- Fierce Pharma
- Stat News
- Follow the Duke Margolis Health Policy Center (@DukeMargolis) on Twitter
- Follow me (@dave_ridley) on Twitter
Papers
- Neeraj Sood et al.The Flow of Money Through the Pharmaceutical Distribution System. USC. 2017. Appendix
- Darius Lakdawalla. Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry. Journal of Economic Literature. 2018
- My research on biotech and pharmaceutical innovation and pricing
Videos
Web pages and white papers
- Pharmaceutical Industry Research Reports. Source: IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science (data vendor and consultancy)
- Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Source: Congressional Budget Office (government agency)
- Pharmaceutical Industry Profile. Source: PhRMA (industry trade group)
- BIO Industry Analysis. Source: BIO (industry trade group)
- Public Citizen and Knowledge Ecology International. Source: consumer advocates focused on access, marketing, and safety
- Overview of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (nonprofit)
- Drug Channels. Source: Adam Fein (consultant)
Drug development and intellectual property timeline
