• An introduction to international business and trade.
• Introduction of health economics and pharmaceutical economics.
• Health Act & Regulation.
• Types of main international legal systems for medicine
• Regulations and international treaties for the control of medicine.
• Establishment and operation of multi-national, joint-venture pharmaceutical enterprises/companies.
• Legal settlement for business disputes.
• Medical patenting, trademarks and intellectual property.
• Legal rights and obligations of medical wholesalers.
• Censorships and responsibility of advertisements of medical products.
• Registration of Chinese medicine in European and US markets and its related laws.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Review pharmaceutical industry in a business rather than a technology view.
CILO-2: Identify the challenges of pharmaceutical industry.
CILO-3: Construct main analysis framework for pharmaceutical industry.
CILO-4: Compose industry report or business plan specific to pharmaceutical industry.
CILO-5: Design academic research project for pharmaceutical industry.