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18 Aug 2011

Survey Reveals Business Concerns of Healthcare Companies

According to the survey, changes in healthcare legislation and reform top the list of business concerns of healthcare companies in the US and Asia.

The fourth annual UPS Pain in the (Supply) Chain survey, conducted by TNS, explored the main business and supply chain concerns of senior executives at around 250 pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies in the US, Europe and Asia.

 

According to the survey, changes in healthcare legislation and reform top the list of business concerns of healthcare companies in the US and Asia – cited by 60% and 53% of companies respectively – while increasing regulation ranks highest in concern among European decision makers (49%).

 

The survey also revealed that healthcare companies are heavily focused on global expansion, with most (70%) having expanded into new markets in the past 18 months and even more planning to do so (81%) in the next three to five years.

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