Public PhD thesis available for free at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10377840 PhD thesis also published in Portuguese (Brazil): http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/13177 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS João Henrique Santana Stacciarini The Consolidation of the Pharmaceutical Sector in the Global Economy: Growth, Influence, Deviations, and Marketing Goiânia, Brazil 2023