Resources for Biotech and Pharma

It’s hard to find good resources on the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, perhaps because the industry changes quickly and materials become out of date. Here is my attempt at sharing some resources I’ve found. Please feel free to contact me with additions or subtractions to this page.

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

Web pages and white papers

Glossary. Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (government agency)
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)

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

News

Fierce Pharma
Stat News
Follow the Duke Margolis Health Policy Center (@DukeMargolis) on Twitter
Follow me (@dave_ridley) on Twitter

Executive education

I teach a 3-day online executive education course called “Drug Development, Reimbursement, & Regulation” which is available to Duke alumni and other professionals.