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Measuring Drug Efficiency: The New Gold Standard
- In: 4F - Steering better future decisions: comparative effectiveness research on Saturday, 6 October 2012, 14:00-17:00
- At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
- Type: Presentation
- By: WERTHEIMER, Albert (Temple University, Philadelphia, United States of America)
- Abstract:
Pharmaceuticals have been judged and evaluated in various ways over the years. At the end of the 19
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century, the measure for a drug’s value was whether or not it was safe. But wise persons recognized that safety was not a sufficient measure of a drug’s worth. It was important to know if the drug had a positive therapeutic impact, as well. The The access to the whole abstract and if available the presentation file is available to FIP members and to congress participants of that specific congress.
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