Federal Taxation of the Drug Industry and Its Effects on New Drug Development.

Provides analysis of Federal tax burdens that impact the pharmaceutical industry. Reviews pharmaceutical industry characteristics and impact on tax burden, including heavy investment in R&D, advertising, and product promotion, competitive structure, dependence on patent protections, and extensiv...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides analysis of Federal tax burdens that impact the pharmaceutical industry. Reviews pharmaceutical industry characteristics and impact on tax burden, including heavy investment in R&D, advertising, and product promotion, competitive structure, dependence on patent protections, and extensive foreign operations; Federal income taxes paid by the pharmaceutical industry between 1990 and 2006; Federal tax burden on pharmaceutical v. other major industries between 2000 and 2006; and Federal tax policy and pharmaceutical R&D.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
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