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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583458603321

Titolo

Equitable access to high-cost pharmaceuticals / / edited by Zaheer-ud-din Babar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Academic Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

0-12-811962-4

0-12-811945-4

9780128119624

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : ill

Classificazione

28.24.20

Disciplina

338.436151

Soggetti

Drugs - Prices

Drugs - Prices - Law and legislation

medicinal product

pricing of medicines

pharmaceutical legislation

research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Equitable Access to High-Cost Pharmaceuticals seeks to aid the development and implementation of equitable public health policies by pharmaco-economics professionals, health economists, and policymakers. With detailed country-by country analysis of policy and regulation, the Work compares and contrasts national healthcare systems to support researchers and practitioners identify optimal healthcare policy solutions. The Work incorporates chapters on global regulatory changes, health technology assessment guidelines, and competitive effectiveness research recommendations from international bodies such as the OECD or the EU. Novel policies such as horizon scanning, managed-entry agreement and post-launch monitoring are considered in detail. The Work also thoroughly reviews novel pharmaceuticals with particular research interest, including cancer



drugs, orphan medicines, Hep C, and personalized medicines. Evaluates impact and efficacy of current access policies and pricing regulation of high-cost drugs Incorporates existing guidelines and recommendations by international organizations Compares and contrasts how different countries fund and police high-cost drug access Explores novel and emergent policies, including managed entry agreement, analysis of real world data and differential pricing Reviews novel pharmaceuticals of current research interest