Business & Economics

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5-May-2025

Pharmacies excluded from preferred networks face much higher risk of closure

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study is the first to examine how substantial growth of preferred pharmacy networks maintained by PBMs may have contributed to the struggles of retail pharmacies.

Journal

Health Affairs

Funder

NIH/National Institute on Aging

5-May-2025

Even the best sales pitch can fail in the wrong setting

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When it comes to closing a deal, salespeople may be losing customers before they ever say a word. New research from Washington State University suggests the location of sales interactions may be just as important as the sales pitch.

Journal

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

5-May-2025

FAPESP opens call for selection of Thematic Projects by researchers from abroad

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Grant and Award Announcement

Projects of up to 60 months at the frontier of knowledge will be selected. FAPESP will provide the necessary support, with the objective of enabling researchers to establish themselves as full professors at the host institutions in the state of São Paulo.

Funder

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

5-May-2025

ESMT Berlin becomes an innovation partner of the ECB for the digital euro

ESMT Berlin
Business Announcement

ESMT Berlin has been selected as a Pioneer Innovation Partner by the European Central Bank (ECB) to develop innovative functionalities related to the digital euro. As part of this collaboration, the business school will establish the Digital Euro Hub platform.

5-May-2025

Liver cancer survival rates reflect income disparities

University of Gothenburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The risk of dying from the most common form of primary liver cancer is about 30 percent higher for patients with low household income compared to those with middle or high household income, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg.

Journal

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

2-May-2025

nTIDE May 2025 Jobs Report: Employment of People with Disabilities Remains in a Holding Pattern

Kessler Foundation
Reports and Proceedings

East Hanover, NJ – May 2, 2025 – The latest National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) report shows that the labor market appears to be in a holding pattern for people with disabilities and people without disabilities, as the economy slows and uncertainty around the tariffs continues. nTIDE is issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability.

2-May-2025

Research explores how the EU can improve its regulatory framework to drive pharmaceutical innovation

City St George’s, University of London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from Bayes Business School and biopharmaceuticals company Merck KGaA suggests member states from the European Union (EU) must work more closely together, provide better incentives for the development of new medicines and approve access to medicines quicker than other international regulators, if it is to attract greater investment from pharmaceutical companies.

Journal

Drug Discovery Today