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About the Author
Peter J. Neumann, ScD, is Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Neumann is also a member of the editorial advisory board of Health Affairs and the health policy advisory board for the Congressional Budget Office. Joshua T. Cohen, PhD, is Deputy Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center, and Research Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Daniel A. Ollendorf, PhD, is Director of Value Measurement and Global Health Initiatives at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center, and Research Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Prior to joining CEVR, he spent ten years as the Chief Scientific Officer at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). Dr. Ollendorf currently serves as a non-resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development, and as Chair of the Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Global Policy Forum.
Reviews
This is a timely book. Highly recommended. All readers. * E. P. Hoffman, Western Michigan University, CHOICE *
The Tufts team should be commended for providing an important and valuable assessment of current drug pricing methodologies and how they can be improved. It should be considered required reading for those wanting to know more about the sausage-like world of drug pricing. * Rick Mathis, Health Affairs *
This is a must-read guide for both insiders and non-experts to a topic that will be at the forefront of the drug pricing debate in the coming decade. * Frank S. David, MD, PhD, shepherd.com *
An extremely helpful and well-sourced guide to the myriad thorny issues and history behind current drug pricing and value assessment. * Austin Frakt, Boston University School of Public Health *
The pricing of medicines is one of the hardest problems in public policy, brimming with clinical and economic complexity. This remarkable book written by the world's leading group on drug pricing explains the key issues clearly, and without compromise. If you read only one book on how to price medicines smartly, this should be the one. * Amitabh Chandra, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School *
This is a highly readable and timely guide for anyone interested in thoughtful solutions to the nation's ongoing debates about prescription drug pricing, controlling costs, and ensuring affordability while enhancing innovation to improve people's health. * Mark McClellan, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) *
Book Information
ISBN 9780197512876
Author Peter J. Neumann
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 394g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 16mm