Patients with osteoporosis: children of a lesser god

Autor: Giovanni Adami, Maurizio Rossini, Thomas Funck-Brentano, Roland Chapurlat, Elena Tsourdi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: RMD Open, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2056-5933
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002973
Popis: Osteoporosis is a common non-communicable disease with enormous societal costs. Antiosteoporosis medications have been proven efficacious in reducing the refracture rate and mortality; moreover, we have now convincing evidence about the cost-effectiveness of antiosteoporotic medications. However, albeit preventable and treatable, osteoporosis has been somehow neglected by health authorities. Drugs approval has been unnecessarily lengthy, especially when compared with other non-communicable diseases. Herein, we discuss the issue of procrastinating drug approval in osteoporosis and future implications.
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