Biopharmaceuticals: the economic equation.

Autor: Blackstone EA; Erwin A. Blackstone, PhD, is a professor of economics at Temple University in Philadelphia. Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., PhD, is a professor of economics at Widener University, in Chester, Pa., and an adjunct research professor for the Department of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia., Fuhr JP Jr
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biotechnology healthcare [Biotechnol Healthc] 2007 Dec; Vol. 4 (6), pp. 41-5.
Abstrakt: As more biopharmaceuticals reach the market, more attention will be given to issues such as cost-effectiveness evaluations, biosimilars, and price controls. The value biologic therapies bring to the healthcare system may take years to appreciate in full -perhaps only when policy decisions allow for their economic effects to be understood.
Databáze: MEDLINE