What The Pharma

In this special Christmas/Holiday episode, I cover the drug promotions you hear on radio and TV.  Why are drugs promoted? How are they regulated? Where is the future in drug promotions and how does this affect the general patient?  High level introduction to the regulations as well as healthcare consumerism.  Two snippets of drug promos in the beginning of the episode.  Happy Holidays!

In this episode, I discuss what it means now that Tamiflu generic has been approved and introduced in several markets.  Generics and biosimilars are explained within the context of drug development and commercialization.  Pricing discussion continues around original v generic/biosimilar drugs and what policy may help more effective pricing.  15 min.

In this episode, I talk about the recent issue Pfizer ran into with the UK NHS on a price hike for one of their products as well as pricing in the industry as a whole.  What is your value of life? Your country may have an answer for you.  No jokes in this episode, straight to the content.