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Tutorial on the Pharmaceutical Industry

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within the text. Bibliography lists 4 sources. PGpharm.rtf PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: TUTORIAL , November, 2001 properly!  [Tutorial: First, the student needs to know he or she requested more information than can be fit into this size paper. In terms of researching this topic yourself, the  best place to start is any of the Internet search engines using the key words "pharmaceutical industry." Other tutorial notes will be provided within the context of the paper. Please  remember, it is not our objective to write your paper for you; our objective is to demonstrate how such a paper should be written and to provide a resource for  you.] Introduction The pharmaceutical industry is large, complex, profitable and highly competitive. It is also fraught with controversy, primarily because of the excessive profit margins and the constant increases  in the prices for drugs. Two things are happening as a direct result of the fact that prices for these products have increased higher and more quickly than the rate  of inflation. First, the legislature is considering changing laws that would allow generic companies to enter the market sooner. Secondly, consumers are using alternative treatments. Industry Description [Tutorial:  Even focusing on the workforce within this industry, a basic overview of what the industry is all about helps the reader understand the relationship of workers to the industry. For  your own paper, you may want to include more or less about the industry than we have included herein. Since one of the issues is pricing, information about how the  industry works is a good prelude to the first issue discussed.] Companies within the pharmaceutical industry are involved in "manufacturing fabricating, and processing drugs into pharmaceutical preparations for human or