Objective: To examine the pricing trajectories in the United States of disease-modifying therapies (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last 20 years and assess the influences on rising prices.
Methods: We estimated the trend in annual drug costs for 9 DMTs using published drug pricing data from 1993 to...
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toward a cure for MS is hampered because
it would affect profits.
Author Response: Daniel M. Hartung
Objective: To examine the pricing trajectories in the United States of disease-modifying therapies (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last 20 years and assess the influences on rising prices.
Methods: We estimated the trend in annual drug costs for 9 DMTs using published drug pricing data from 1993 to...
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ISSUES
Daniel M. Hartung,
PharmD, MPH
Dennis N. Bourdette,
MD
Sharia M. Ahmed, MPH
Ruth H. Whitham, MD
Objective: To examine the pricing trajectories in the United States of disease-modifying therapies (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last 20 years and assess the influences on rising prices.
Methods: We estimated the trend in annual drug costs for 9 DMTs using published drug pricing data from 1993 to...
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Investigators
Daniel M. Hartung, PharmD, MPH1*;
Dennis N. Bourdette, MD
PURPOSE: In February 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new recommendations for the safe use of long-acting beta agonists (LABA) in those with asthma.
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the FDA’s 2010 LABA advisory on LABA utilization.
METHODS: Using administrative data...
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FDA’s 2010 Drug
Safety Communication
Hartung, D. M., Middleton, L., Markwardt, S., Williamson, K
Objective: To examine the pricing trajectories in the United States of disease-modifying therapies (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last 20 years and assess the influences on rising prices.
Methods: We estimated the trend in annual drug costs for 9 DMTs using published drug pricing data from 1993 to...
PURPOSE: In February 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new recommendations for the safe use of long-acting beta agonists (LABA) in those with asthma.
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the FDA’s 2010 LABA advisory on LABA utilization.
METHODS: Using administrative data...
PURPOSE: In February 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new recommendations for the safe use of long-acting beta agonists (LABA) in those with asthma.
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the FDA’s 2010 LABA advisory on LABA utilization.
METHODS: Using administrative data...
PURPOSE: In February 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new recommendations for the safe use of long-acting beta agonists (LABA) in those with asthma.
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the FDA’s 2010 LABA advisory on LABA utilization.
METHODS: Using administrative data...
PURPOSE: In February 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new recommendations for the safe use of long-acting beta agonists (LABA) in those with asthma.
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the FDA’s 2010 LABA advisory on LABA utilization.
METHODS: Using administrative data...