Could Contracts between Pharmaceutical Firms and French Veterinarians Bias Prescription Behaviour: A Principal-Agency Theory Approach in the Context of Oligopolies

• Main Authors: Didier Raboisson (Author), Ahmed Ferchiou (Author), Tifenn Corre (Author), Sylvain Perez (Author), Pierre Sans (Author), Guillaume Lhermie (Author), Marie Dervillé (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In France, veterinarians can both prescribe and deliver veterinary medicines, which is a questionable situation from the perspective of antimicrobial use (AMU) reduction to avoid antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This situation places veterinarians in direct commercial relationships with the pharmaceu...