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Mickey C Smith

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Description:Pharmaceuticals constitute a relatively small share of the total healthcare expenditure in most developed economies, and yet they play a critical role in the ongoing debate over how best to advance, improve, and afford healthcare. Despite this, and perhaps because of this, the industry has had, for many years, an outsized claim to fame and controversy, praise and criticisms, support and condemnation. Unfortunately, many participants in the debate do not fully understand the complexities of the industry and its role in the overall healthcare system. The analytical tools of economics provide a strong foundation for a better understanding of the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry, it's contribution to health and healthcare, its dual and often conflicting priorities of affordability and innovation, as well as the various private and public policy initiatives directed at the sector. Everyone is affected by Big Pharm and the products they produce. At the drug store, the physician's office, in front of the television, in everyday conversations, drugs are a part of our lives. Society shapes our values toward drugs and drugs shape society ("The Pill" and minor tranquilizers are good examples.) And of course, the way Congress deliberates, and Big Pharma responds has a huge impact on how drugs affect our lives. This book is well-researched on the subject of the pharmaceutical industry, its struggles with government, and its relationship to the consumer from the early Twentieth Century until the Present. The Dynamic Tension between the three participants - Government, Big Pharm and the People - is described and explained to lead to an understanding of the controversies that rage today. In this book, the author describes how the Government, its many investigatory efforts and the ultimate legislative results impact the industry. Regulatory developments are notably but not limited to the FDA and the consequences of their actives are explored in light of their effects on other players. The people are the patients and consumers who rely on both Government and Big Pharma for their well-being, and who finds sometime unexpected consequences. The author gives special attention to the attitudes, beliefs and misadventures of less than optimal drug use. Stakeholders are identified with physicians as a major focus. The mysterious prescription and its significance as a social objects are described as are the processes by which physicians make choices on behalf of their patients. The author ties it all together with how Big Pharma impacts and is impacted by each of these groups. The author utilizes his fifty-plus years' experience as an academic, practicing pharmacist and Big Pharma employee to describe the scope of the pharmaceutical industry and how it impacts us on a daily basis. he starts with a brief history and defines the stakeholders. Then moves on to governmental investigations, legislations and regulations, their roles and activities, in a pursuit to protect patients, consumers and other stakeholders. The author concludes with an inside look at Big Pharma and how regulations, marketing and the press has impacted their business - both good and bad.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Government, Big Pharma, and The People: A Century of Dis-Ease. To get started finding Government, Big Pharma, and The People: A Century of Dis-Ease, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Pharmaceuticals constitute a relatively small share of the total healthcare expenditure in most developed economies, and yet they play a critical role in the ongoing debate over how best to advance, improve, and afford healthcare. Despite this, and perhaps because of this, the industry has had, for many years, an outsized claim to fame and controversy, praise and criticisms, support and condemnation. Unfortunately, many participants in the debate do not fully understand the complexities of the industry and its role in the overall healthcare system. The analytical tools of economics provide a strong foundation for a better understanding of the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry, it's contribution to health and healthcare, its dual and often conflicting priorities of affordability and innovation, as well as the various private and public policy initiatives directed at the sector. Everyone is affected by Big Pharm and the products they produce. At the drug store, the physician's office, in front of the television, in everyday conversations, drugs are a part of our lives. Society shapes our values toward drugs and drugs shape society ("The Pill" and minor tranquilizers are good examples.) And of course, the way Congress deliberates, and Big Pharma responds has a huge impact on how drugs affect our lives. This book is well-researched on the subject of the pharmaceutical industry, its struggles with government, and its relationship to the consumer from the early Twentieth Century until the Present. The Dynamic Tension between the three participants - Government, Big Pharm and the People - is described and explained to lead to an understanding of the controversies that rage today. In this book, the author describes how the Government, its many investigatory efforts and the ultimate legislative results impact the industry. Regulatory developments are notably but not limited to the FDA and the consequences of their actives are explored in light of their effects on other players. The people are the patients and consumers who rely on both Government and Big Pharma for their well-being, and who finds sometime unexpected consequences. The author gives special attention to the attitudes, beliefs and misadventures of less than optimal drug use. Stakeholders are identified with physicians as a major focus. The mysterious prescription and its significance as a social objects are described as are the processes by which physicians make choices on behalf of their patients. The author ties it all together with how Big Pharma impacts and is impacted by each of these groups. The author utilizes his fifty-plus years' experience as an academic, practicing pharmacist and Big Pharma employee to describe the scope of the pharmaceutical industry and how it impacts us on a daily basis. he starts with a brief history and defines the stakeholders. Then moves on to governmental investigations, legislations and regulations, their roles and activities, in a pursuit to protect patients, consumers and other stakeholders. The author concludes with an inside look at Big Pharma and how regulations, marketing and the press has impacted their business - both good and bad.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Government, Big Pharma, and The People: A Century of Dis-Ease. To get started finding Government, Big Pharma, and The People: A Century of Dis-Ease, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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