Author: Publisher:
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Category : Pharmacy
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Merck's Market Report to the Drug Trade
Author: Merck's Market Report
Author: Merck's Report
Author: Theodore WeickerPublisher:
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Category : Pharmaceutical industry
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Merck's Report
Author: Theodore WeickerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pharmaceutical industry
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Merck's Market Report and Pharmaceutical Journal
Author: The Merck Report
Author: Lord & Thomas' Pocket Directory for ...
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Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Western Druggist
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Category : Materia medica
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
American Druggist
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Category : Materia medica
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"A journal of practical pharmacy" (varies).
Making Medicines Affordable
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309468086
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.
