ONCOLOGY PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING: Cancer medication prices have been increasing since 15 years and has been affecting the patients as well the American Healthcare System. Cancer treatments cost nearly 20% to 30% of total out- of- pocket expenses for the patient and a financial burden of $20000 to $30000 per year. I hereby present a few facts about prescription drug pricing in U.S.A for oncology[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]:- • According to IMS Institute of Health Informatics‚ prescription
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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a term used to describe an acute lower respiratory tract infection in individuals with signs‚ symptoms and a new radiographic shadowing for which there is no other explanation and who have not recently been hospitalized. CAP is common and associated with major morbidity‚ mortality and financial burden. The annual incidence in the community is 5–11 per 1000 adult population‚ with the reported mortality less than 1% (BTS guideline‚ 2009). The reported mortality
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Application of statistics in Pharmaceutical industry * * * Bookmark Although the advancement of medicine has prolonged and improved the life of many people over the years‚ it is important to remember that it is not an exact science. While some treatments do seem to offer a complete ’cure’ for any particular ailment universally‚ the vast majority of medicinal treatments do not. As such‚ it is important that statistics are used in medicine in order to justify the development and subsequent
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tickets‚ etc (source 1 #2) 2. Problems in the workplace (NC 3 & 4) C. Treatments available Topic sentence: Treatments for alcoholism are available such as rehabilitation care‚ pharmaceutical treatment‚ and various support group meetings. 1. Rehab centers 2. Pharmaceutical treatment 3. Support groups D. Prevention against alcoholism Topic sentence: Drinking in moderation and taking into account alcohol laws and regulations can act as prevention
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Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals Case Analysis | | | As consultant to Sanders and Myers‚ I would suggest they rethink the continuation of economic value added (“EVA”) bonus payout process. The proposed EVA bonus payout structure is supposed to be an objective way to gauge and reward employee performance; however‚ through no fault of their own‚ the Dermatology group is slated to undergo severe ebbs and flows in their incentive and could potentially wreak havoc on employee morale and retention. For
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Case # 9: 7.1 Ligard Pharmaceuticals Certainly‚ an auditor would be guided by the following auditing standards: 1. AS 8.03 Audit Risk In order to express an appropriate opinion for the financial statements‚ the auditor must plan and perform the audit free of material misstatement. In this case‚ Fazio and his subordinates evaluate the risk of Ligand and posed it as a “greater than normal” degree of engagement risk‚ because Ligand had problem on its sales returns. 2. AU 210.01-03 Training and Proficiency
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org/gsk-pays-3-billion-fine/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/business/glaxosmithkline-agrees-to-pay-3-billion-in-fraud-settlement.html?_r=0 The pharmaceutical giant and British drug maker‚ GlaxoSmithKline‚ has agreed to plead guilty and pay the government three billion dollars in a health care fraud settlement bought by the FDA. This is the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company in recorded history. GSK have admitted to committing three fraud charges. They promoted the off-label use of two anti-depressant
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Remarks before starting the analysis of the dataset Purpose of the case We have to study three competitors (Dubuque‚ Ball Park‚ Oscar Mayer) in the market of the hot dog. We want to know the impact of the variation of the price of one competitor (Ball Park) on the market share of another competitor (Dubuque). Origin of the dataset The dataset comes from "a scanner study conducted at grocery stores located in the western suburbs of Chicago". So we know that the data don’t represent the entire
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Historical background of the business Today Merck & Co‚ Inc. is one of the most recognizable companies in the pharmaceutical industry. When asked about Merck‚ most people think that it is and always has been a US company. However‚ the company’s history can be traced all the way back to the 1600’s where it was started in Darmstadt‚ Germany. Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased a local store in 1668 where he prepared and sold medicines. The store was called “At the sign of the Angels” and would remain
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IKEA has cut the prices of nearly 300 products since September 2012. The price of a hot product‚ Skubb boxes‚ was cut to 29.9 yuan from 49 yuan. The president of Ikea China ( retail business ) Jillian said : " The advantage we have is that we can control all the links in the supply chain‚ and reduce the cost of each link effectively so that it runs in the entire process from product design to ( shape‚ material and so on )‚ select the OEM manufacturer management‚ logistics design and mall management
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