India - The Next R&D Cluster For Biopharmaceuticals?.

      Аннотация: The? cost? of? discovering? new? drugs? has? increased? significantly,? and? pharmaceutical? Multinational? Corporations? (MNCs)? have? market? pressures? to? decrease? prices? of? drugs. Moreover, the ?patents ?of ?numerous? blockbusters ?will? expire ?within ?the? next? few? years? and? the? MNCs? are? still? not? able? to? replace? them? with? new? profitable? blockbusters. ?Moreover,? companies? from? developing ?countries ?are ?trying? their? best? to? move? up? the? value? chain.? A? country? like? India? has? some? essential? advantages? in? terms? of ?cost ?reduction ?and ?access? to? highly skilled? labour? at ?lower ?cost. ?Therefore? it? is? assumed? that? the? developing? countries? might? have? the? potential? to? become? R&D? clusters.? This? work? will? try? to? identify? some? essential? factors? that? may? indicate? whether? India? has? the? potential? to? become? an? R&D? cluster? for? biopharmaceuticals.??

Ключевые слова: India, strategy, Pharmaceuticals, International Management, Biopharmaceuticals, international expansion, Indian Patent Act