Pharmacoeconomics and the Medicinal Chemist |
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| Authors: | Craig W. Lindsley |
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| Affiliation: | Departments of Pharmacology and Chemistry, Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt Specialized Chemistry Center (MLPCN), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States |
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| Abstract: | Pharmacoeconomicsis a rational, scientific approach to comparethe value (in terms of both cost and patient outcome) of one medicationor drug therapy regimen to another. The impact of this new approachon both the practicing medicinal chemist and broader drug discoveryefforts is considered. |
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| Keywords: | Pharmacoeconomics cost benefit outcomes |
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