Having skin in the game and allowing cross-border importation of drugs to lower high prices of cancer drugs

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 729-730

  Kantarjian, Hagop ^a   Mathisen, Michael S ^b   Lipton, Jeffrey H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b athenahealth   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG;

CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; PATENT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANADA; COMMERCE; DRUG COSTS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUGS, GENERIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85010877165     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.1024     Document Type: Note

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