.... The information used in this study is based on the authors' more than 40 interviews with a variety of pharmaceutical industry stakeholders, including government agencies, hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and electronic bidding platforms providers. Findings The failure of implementing...

... pharmaceutical industry was highly fragmented and scattered around the country. This has basically remained a major characteristic of China's modern pharmaceutical industry as many provinces have copied central policies and declared the national pillar industry “pharmaceuticals” as a local “pillar” industry...