caa a22 4500 606167501 CHVBK 20210128100703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10754-015-9165-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10754-015-9165-1 Reference pricing in the presence of pseudo-generics [Elektronische Daten] [Ricardo Gonçalves, Vasco Rodrigues, Hélder Vasconcelos] This paper looks at producers of branded and generic pharmaceuticals' pricing decisions under two possible reimbursement schemes—reference pricing and fixed percentage reimbursement—and under two settings—one where the branded producer only sells the (off-patent) branded pharmaceutical and another where, in addition, it may also sell its own generic version, a so called pseudo-generic. We find different pricing responses from firms under the two reimbursement schemes and across the two settings analysed (with or without a pseudo-generic), and show that pseudo-generics may have an anticompetitive effect. Our results have important policy implications such as showing that the presence of pseudo-generics reinforces reference pricing's advantages over alternative reimbursement schemes. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Pseudo-generics nationallicence Reference pricing nationallicence Reimbursement schemes nationallicence Gonçalves Ricardo Faculdade de Economia e Gestão and CEGE, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Diogo Botelho, 1327, 4169-005, Porto, Portugal aut Rodrigues Vasco Faculdade de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal aut Vasconcelos Hélder Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal aut International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/3(2015-09-01), 281-305 2199-9023 15:3<281 2015 15 10754 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9165-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9165-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gonçalves Ricardo Faculdade de Economia e Gestão and CEGE, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Diogo Botelho, 1327, 4169-005, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rodrigues Vasco Faculdade de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vasconcelos Hélder Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/3(2015-09-01), 281-305 2199-9023 15:3<281 2015 15 10754