Generic drug pricing and access in Canada : what are the implications? : a commissioned discussion paper

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and …

Author: Angell, Marcia

Edition: updated ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Drug Industry - economics; Advertising as Topic; Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics; Biomedical Research - economics; Government Regulation; Marketing of Health Services; United States

Abstract: The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN: 9780375760945; 0375760946

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

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Assessing the economic value of anti-cancer therapies

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Neymark, Niels. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag , 1998.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ206 RE34 1998 v.148

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Author: Neymark, Niels

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Publication Date: 1998

Series: Recent results in cancer research 148

Subjects: Neoplasms - drug therapy - economics; Neoplasms - therapy - economics; Cost-Benefit Analysis - methods

ISBN: 3540640304

ISSN: 0080-0015

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ206 RE34 1998 v.148

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Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2005. 3rd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 M592 2005

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Editor: Drummond, Michael F

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xv, 379 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Costs and Cost Analysis; Delivery of Health Care - economics; Economics, Medical; Program Evaluation; Evaluation Studies as Topic

ISBN: 9780198529453

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 M592 2005

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Economic evaluation in clinical trials

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV771 E19 2007

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Editor: Glick, Henry A

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: x, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Clinical Trials as Topic - economics; Cost-Benefit Analysis - methods; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - economics

ISBN: 9780198529972; 019852997X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV771 E19 2007

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How to get better value cancer care

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Gray, J.A. Muir, Kerr, David J. Oxford, UK: Offox Press , 2013.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 G779 2013

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Author: Gray, J.A. Muir; Kerr, David J

Place of Publication: Oxford, UK

Publisher: Offox Press

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xiv, 247 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - economics; Health Planning; Delivery of Health Care - economics; Cancer Care Facilities; Decision Making; Clinical Trials as Topic; Costs and Cost Analysis; Health Care Costs; Cost Savings

ISBN: 9781904202158; 1904202152

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 G779 2013

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Challenges in studying the socioeconomic dimensions in cancer therapy : proceedings of a symposium held in Cologne, Germany March 1995

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Yardley, PA: Medicine Group USA, Inc. , 1995.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ267 C437 1995

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Editor: Champey, Yves; Levy, Emile

Place of Publication: Yardley, PA

Publisher: Medicine Group USA, Inc.

Publication Date: 1995

Physical Description: xii, 124 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - economics; Drug Therapy - economics; Cost-Benefit Analysis

ISBN: 11571300163

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Kelowna Library

Call Number: QZ267 C437 1995

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Redefining health care : creating value-based competition on results

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Porter, Michael E, Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted. [Boston, MA]: Harvard Business School Press , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

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Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competi…

Author: Porter, Michael E; Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Harvard Business School Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xvii, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Delivery of Health Care - economics; Quality of Health care - economics; Health Care Costs; Economic Competition; United States

Abstract: Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competition: implications for government.

ISBN: 9781591397786; 1591397782

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

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Designing and conducting cost-effectiveness analyses in medicine and health care

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Muennig, Peter, Khan, Kamran. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass , c2002. 1st ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 M948d 2002

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Author: Muennig, Peter; Khan, Kamran

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: San Francisco

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Publication Date: c2002

Physical Description: xxvi, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Subjects: Cost-Benefit Analysis - methods; Health Care Costs; Quality of Life

ISBN: 0787960136 (alk. paper)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 M948d 2002

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Health care cost, quality, and outcomes : ISPOR book of terms

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Berger, Marc L. Lawrenceville, NJ: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research , 2003.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W15 H433 2003

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Berger, Marc L

Corporate Author: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Editor: Berger, Marc L

Place of Publication: Lawrenceville, NJ

Publisher: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Publication Date: 2003

Physical Description: xiv, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Health Services Research; Economics, Medical; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Economics, Pharmaceutical; Terminology

ISBN: 9780974328904

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: W15 H433 2003

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AHFS drug information 2009

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[Bethesda, MD]: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists , 2009. American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Audience: Professional

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Alternate Title: American hospital formulary service

Edition: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Place of Publication: [Bethesda, MD]

Publisher: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xvi, 3824 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations; Drug Information Services; Formularies as Topic; Formularies, Hospital; United States

ISBN: 9781585282272; 1585282278

ISSN: 1063-8792

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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British Columbia Rx atlas

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Morgan, Steve. [Vancouver, BC?]: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of B.C. , 2009. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV717 M847 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Morgan, Steve

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of B.C.

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 290 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Drugs - economics; Costs and Cost Analysis; Drug Utilization - statistics & numerical data; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; British Columbia; Atlases

Notes: September 2009

ISBN: 9781897085196

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library REF Statistics

Call Number: QV717 M847 2009

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Pharmacists talking with patients : a guide to patient counseling

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Rantucci, Melanie J. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , 2007. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV704 R213p 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

http://connection.lww.com/products/rantucci/TOC.asp

Author: Rantucci, Melanie J

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xi, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Pharmacy - methods; Counseling - methods; Pharmaceutical Services

Abstract: http://connection.lww.com/products/rantucci/TOC.asp

ISBN: 9780781763301; 0781763304

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV704 R213p 2007

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Merck index : an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals

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Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co , 2001. 13th ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV13 M524 2001

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Merck index

Editor: O’Neil, Maryadele J

Edition: 13th ed.

Place of Publication: Whitehouse Station, NJ

Publisher: Merck & Co

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations; Encyclopedias

ISBN: 9780911910131; 0911910131

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library REF; Abbotsford Library

Call Number: QV13 M524 2001

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Disease control priorities in developing countries

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press | World Bank , 2006. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA395 D611 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

1 read online

Alternate Title: Disease control priorities project; DCP2

Editor: Jamison, Dean T

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press; World Bank

Publication Date: 2006

Subjects: Public Health - economics; Communicable Disease Control - economics; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Developing Countries; Health Policy - economics; Health Planning - economics

ISBN: 9780821361795; 0821361791

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Internet

Call Number: WA395 D611 2006

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Use of positron emission tomography (PET) for cancer care across Canada : time for a national strategy

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Martinuk, Susan D. [Vancouver, BC?]: Advanced Applied Physics Solutions, AAPS, Inc. | TRIUMF , 2011.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WN206 M386 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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Author: Martinuk, Susan D.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Advanced Applied Physics Solutions, AAPS, Inc.; TRIUMF

Publication Date: 2011

Subjects: Positron-Emission Tomography - utilization; Positron-Emission Tomography - economics; Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Technology Assessment, Biomedical; Costs and Cost Analysis; Questionnaires; Canada

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Internet

Call Number: WN206 M386 2011

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Applied multilevel analysis : a practical guide

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Twisk, Jos W. R. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: HA29 T797a 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Twisk, Jos W. R

Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xii, 184 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Series: Practical guides to biostatistics and epidemiology

Subjects: Statistics - methods; Multivariate Analysis; Models, Statistical; Biomedical Research - methods; Epidemiological Methods; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Analysis of Variance; Software

ISBN: 9780521849753 (hbk.); 0521849756 (hbk.); 9780521614986 (pbk.); 0521614988 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: HA29 T797a 2006

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Some miscellaneous pharmaceutical substances

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International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer , 1977.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ202 I585 1977 v.13

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: International Agency for Research on Cancer; IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man

Place of Publication: Lyon, France

Publisher: International Agency for Research on Cancer

Publication Date: 1977

Series: IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risk of chemicals to man 13

Subjects: Carcinogens; Carcinogenesis; Pharmaceutical Preparations

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ202 I585 1977 v.13

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Survival analysis : a practical approach

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Machin, David, Cheung, Yin Bun, Parmar, Mahesh K. B. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons , 2006. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: HA29 M149s 2006

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Machin, David; Cheung, Yin Bun; Parmar, Mahesh K. B

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: 266 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Survival Analysis; Proportional Hazards Models; Statistics as Topic; Statistics - methods

ISBN: 9780470870402; 0470870400

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library; Kelowna Library

Call Number: HA29 M149s 2006

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