Price elasticity of demand

Cross Elasticity of Demand in Pharma

Cross Elasticity of Demand in Pharma

Cross elasticity of demand (XED) calculates the change in the quantity demanded of a good when the price for another good changes. In the previous post, we saw instances of high levels of elasticity in the pharmaceutical industry. In the real world, however, the...

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Pharma: Calculating Price Elasticity

Pharma: Calculating Price Elasticity

In the pharmaceutical industry, from a price and demand standpoint, all drugs are not created equal. In our daily practice with price elasticity, we find several instances in which drugs show a high level of demand variation whenever there is a change in price. Price...

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