Pharmaceutical price regulation
Subtitle: public perceptions, economic realities, and empirical evidence
By: John A. Vernon and Joseph H. Golec.
Contributors: Golec, Joseph.
Publisher: AEI Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780844742779
Subjects: Pharmaceutical industry -- Government policy -- United States; Drugs -- Prices -- Law and legislation -- United States
Description: viii, 72 p. : 22 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: R&D investment in new drugs : how it works, and how it is harmed by price controls; title: Government price regulation and the impact on pharmaceutical R&D spending; title: Government intervention and the threats to drug R&D; title: Summary and conclusions : why public policy must recognize the trade-off between lower prices today and life-saving medicines tomorrow.