Current trends on alternative dosage formulations of medicines: lessons from japan

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS-097
• By: MIZUTANI, Hitomi (Koujukai Medical Corporation Mizutani Internal Medicine Clinic)
• Co-author(s): Hitomi Mizutani: Mizutani Internal Medicine Clinic, Koujukai Medical Corporation, Takamatsu, Japan
  Mariko Colvin: Mizutani Internal Medicine Clinic, Koujukai Medical Corporation, Takamatsu, Japan
  Laurence S C Lok: Mizutani Internal Medicine Clinic, Koujukai Medical Corporation, Takamatsu, Japan
  Takashi Higashiguchi: Mizutani Internal Medicine Clinic, Koujukai Medical Corporation, Takamatsu, Japan
  Shigeki Mizutani: Mizutani Internal Medicine Clinic, Koujukai Medical Corporation, Takamatsu, Japan
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  There are currently an estimated 16,000 prescription drugs available on the Japan National Health Insurance Drug List. In an ageing society, however, many of these drugs are not in the optimal formulations that meet the needs of individual, elderly patients. Customising drugs into unique dosage forms appropriate to patient requirements..

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