Asian Journal Of Social Pharmacy

Abstract: Objective To study the development of international collaboration network in pharmaceutical research in the United States. Methods Social network analysis was used to study the international collaboration network in the United States in 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015 respectively, then its constructive index and structural evolution were measured. Results and Conclusion The international collaboration network in the United States was improved after 2000, which contained integral structure and tight relationship among network nodes after 2010. Universities were the subjects to carry out international cooperation network in pharmaceutical research in the United States. Harvard University, University of California, University of North Carolina were the main bodies. From the perspective of technology in international cooperation, cancer, hypertension, depression, inflammation, schizophrenia, diabetes, brain science, stem cell, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease were the hot topics of international cooperation research in the United States.

Key words: pharmaceutical research, drug research and development, international collaboration, innovation network