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Innovations Through Mergers and Acquisitions in the Pharmaceutical Sector

In: Technological Innovations for Sustainability and Business Growth

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  • Wajid, Abdul
  • Khan, Kashif Hasan
  • Handa, Harish

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Pharmaceutical firms have a noteworthy contribution in SDGs (Sustainable development goals). Their unceasing innovation of low-cost medicines and discovery of lifesaving drugs can assist in achieving the SDG 3 (good health and well-being). Having gone through the M&A scenario in the global pharmaceutical industry and the amount disbursed on R&D, the authors tried to find answers to a few important questions to understand whether these activities are in line to achieve global goals i.e. first, does Merger and Acquisition M&A in pharmaceutical sector increase innovations? Second, how can companies fully utilize M&A activities to increase innovation in the pharmaceutical sector? Third, is there any association between R&D expenditures and innovation outcome? We theoretically analyze and consolidate academic research on how M&A activities support innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. The present chapter also tried to unveil the association between R&D expenditures and the firm innovation as measured by the number of patent applications by selected Indian pharmaceutical firms.

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  • Wajid, Abdul & Khan, Kashif Hasan & Handa, Harish, 2022. "Innovations Through Mergers and Acquisitions in the Pharmaceutical Sector," EconStor Open Access Book Chapters, in: Technological Innovations for Sustainability and Business Growth, pages 91-104, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:eschap:273742
    DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9940-1.ch007
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    1. Heracleous, Loizos & Murray, John, 2001. "The urge to merge in the pharmaceutical industry," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 430-437, August.
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