Counter-Intuitive Thinking To Combat Drug Shortages
Executive Summary
Search for solutions to chronic drug shortages may require policymakers to push for payment policies that run counter to the current drug pricing themes, like retrofitting US Medicare’s New Technology Add-On Payments to apply to old, off-patent therapies.
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