Pharmaceutical R and D: Costs, Risks and Rewards

by Office of Technology Assessment

Pharmaceutical costs are among the fastest growing components of health care costs today. Although increases in the inflation-adjusted prices of ethical drugs and perceived high prices of new drugs have been a concern of congressional committees for over 30 years, the growing Federal role in paying for prescription drugs has increased the concern over the appropriateness of prices relative to the costs of bringing new drugs to market. Specific policies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410220494
• ISBN13: 9781410220493
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.0"