John Lilja, Sam Salek, Aldo Alvarez

Pharmaceutical Systems

Global Perspectives
By John Lilja, Sam Salek, Aldo Alvarez et al.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

- Offers a social view of the activities leading to the timely patient access to medicines including: drug research, drug production, drug distribution, drug prescribing, drug information and drug control
- Provides theoretical models to enable pharmacists to understand the organization of drug systems in their particular global territory
- Written specifically with the needs of pharmacy students taking Master's degrees in mind

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons; Wiley
• Gewicht: 755g
• ISBN-13: 9780470725665
• ISBN-10: 0470725664
• Artikelnr.: 23824741

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

1. Introduction.

2. A historical perspective of drug research and diffusion.

3. National drug policies.

4. Planning the drug support.

5. Drug research.

6. Drug production.

7. Drug prices, cost controls and profits in the drug industry.

8. Drug wholesaling and procurement.

9. Drug retail distribution.

10. Drug consumption.

11. Marketing of drugs.

12. The market structure.

13. Drug control.

14. Drug prescribing.

15. Patients' attitudes and behaviour.

16. Drug information.

References.