Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

charging profile

Japanese translation:

価格設定、 治療費の高さ

Added to glossary by sasuke
Mar 31, 2009 05:51
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English term

charging profile

English to Japanese Medical Medical (general)
The Association reports that about 400 new speciality therapies could reach the market by 2010. However, although such products offer huge promise in delivering innovation, they come with one major drawback - their charging profile.

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価格設定

「仕組み」は不要

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Yet, although specialist medicines hold huge clinical and commercial promise, they come with one major drawback: their charging profile. Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development estimates that the cost of developing a new biological is about US$1.2 billion, nearly US$400m more than the average for a small molecule.
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A company that develops a specialist medicine must therefore amortise its investment (including the money it spends on marketing and sales) over a much smaller number of patients.
http://www.pwc.com/Extweb/onlineforms.nsf/docid/F2F17AFD9830...
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Note added at 19時間 (2009-04-01 01:39:52 GMT)
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開発コストが嵩むということと、価格設定の仕組みが複雑になるということは全く別問題。

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Note added at 20時間 (2009-04-01 01:53:16 GMT)
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(1) 次のような"cost profile"の定義を見ると、"charging profile"が「料金・価格の構成」というような意味で用いられることがあることがわかる:
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cost profile
Set of costs associated with a specific product, such as production, packaging, storage, handling, transportation and distribution costs.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/cost-profile.ht...
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(2) 一方でまた以下の文例に見られるように、料金や価格の設定の仕方には様々なケースがあり、料金や価格を変動させる場合でも変動率の緩急の設定に様々なケースが考えられ、これらをグラフで表わした場合に「料金設定プロフィール」として視覚化することができる。
  料金や価格の設定の仕方の例:
  定額(flat)
  季節による変動(seasonally weighted)制
  毎年一定の比率で値上げまたは値下げ
  一定期間経過後に値上げまたは値下げ
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With effect from 01/11/2007 a new Cycle commenced because the charging profile was changed from Flat to a new Seasonally Weighted charging structure.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=158997...

Sonofon observes that there obviously exist a trade-off between the size of the risk premium and the gradient of the (MTR) charging profile over time. If NITA decides on a relatively flat charging profile, recovery of costs will take a very long time and this would imply the incorporation of a large risk premium. On the other hand, with a relatively steep charging profile costs will be recovered faster and consequently the extra risk premium will be of less magnitude.
http://en.itst.dk/interconnection-and-consumer-protection/fi...
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質問の文例では結局最終製品の価格が高くなってしまうということを言っているわけであり、"charging profile"に特別な意味があるとは思えない。

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Note added at 21時間 (2009-04-01 03:31:22 GMT) Post-grading
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したがって「製品価格(面)」という訳も考えられる。
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "詳しい説明もいただきありがとうございました。"
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価格設定の仕組み

値段が高いだけでは無く、仕組みも複雑ということもあるからです。
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agree htake1 : この文章の時点では「仕組み」。ネガティブなdrawbackの内容がどのようなものなのか(高いのか複雑なのか..)は、あくまでこの後に続くparagの内容によるかと
3 hrs
有難うございました
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供給体制

charging profileというと電池などの充電経過を示すチャートを連想しますので、チャージ(供給)が需要に追いつかないのではないかと想像しました。
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高額な治療費

patent_pending さんの参照先と同じページを見ていました。
profile は単に「側面」ということなのではないかと。

"But specialist therapies are currently used to treat conditions that affect only 3% of the general population. A company that develops a specialist medicine must therefore amortise its investment (including the money it spends on marketing and sales) over a much smaller number of patients."

ということなので。
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