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"Breakthough" drugs and growth in expenditure on prescription drugs in Canada.
- Source :
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BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition) . 10/8/2005, Vol. 331 Issue 7520, p815-816. 2p. 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Discusses the rapid growth in expenditures on prescription drugs in Canada. Factors contributing to shifts from old to new products; Criteria for "breakthrough," "me-too," and "vintage generic" drugs; Methods used in the study which took data from the annual reports by the Canadian Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to explain the 80% increase in drug expenditure in British Columbia between 1996 and 2003; Finding that increased spending is on new drugs introduced in established chemical subclasses.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09598146
- Volume :
- 331
- Issue :
- 7520
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18537790
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38582.703866.AE