Government, Big Pharma, and The People: A Century of Dis-Ease

"Pharmaceuticals constitute a relatively small share of the total Health Care expenditure in most developed economies, and yet they play a critical role in the ongoing debate over how best to advance, improve, and afford Health Care. Despite this, and perhaps because of this, the industry has had, for many years, an outsized claim to fame and controversy, praise and criticisms, and support and condemnation. Unfortunately, many participants in the debate do not fully understand the complexities of the industry and its role in the overall Health Care system. The analytical tools of economics provide a strong foundation for a better understanding of the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry, its contribution to Health and Health Care, and 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 Pharma 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 Pharma, and the People - is described and explained to lead to an understanding of the controversies that rage today. The author describes how the Government, its many investigatory efforts, and the ultimate legislative results affect the industry and the consequences of their activities are explored in light of their effects on other players, including the patients and consumers who rely on both Government and Big Pharma for their well-being and who find sometime unexpected consequences while giving special attention to the attitudes, beliefs, and misadventures of less-than-optimal Drug use. Stakeholders are identified with physicians as a major focus, as well as describing the significance of prescriptions as social objects and the processes by which physicians make choices on behalf of their patients. The author ties it all together with how Big Pharma affects and is affected by each of these groups. The author utilizes his 50-plus years' experience as an academic, practicing pharmacist, and Big Pharma employee to describe the scope of the pharmaceutical industry and how it affects us on a daily basis, concluding with an inside look at Big Pharma and how regulations, marketing, and the press have affected their business, both good and bad"--

Business & Money

Smith, Mickey

Industries

CRC-Press

Pharmaceuticals constitute a relatively small share of the total Health Care expenditure in most developed economies, and yet they play a critical role in the ongoing debate over how best to advance, improve, and afford Health Care. Despite this, and perhaps because of this, the industry has had, for many years, an outsized claim to fame and controversy, praise and criticisms, and support and condemnation. Unfortunately, many participants in the debate do not fully understand the complexities of the industry and its role in the overall Health Care system. 
The analytical tools of economics provide a strong foundation for a better understanding of the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry, its contribution to Health and Health Care, and 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 Pharma 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 Pharma, and the People – is described and explained to lead to an understanding of the controversies that rage today. The author describes how the Government, its many investigatory efforts, and the ultimate legislative results affect the industry and the consequences of their activities are explored in light of their effects on other players, including the patients and consumers who rely on both Government and Big Pharma for their well-being and who find sometimes unexpected consequences while giving special attention to the attitudes, beliefs, and misadventures of less-than-optimal Drug use. Stakeholders are identified with physicians as a major focus, as well as describing the significance of prescriptions as social objects and the processes by which physicians make choices on behalf of their patients. The author ties it all together with how Big Pharma affects and is affected by each of these groups. 
The author utilizes his 50-plus years’ experience as an academic, practicing pharmacist, and Big Pharma employee to describe the scope of the pharmaceutical industry and how it affects us on a daily basis, concluding with an inside look at Big Pharma and how regulations, marketing, and the press have affected their business, both good and bad.

Productivity Pr

Readers of Studies in Pharmaceutical Economics learn the value of economic research in forming health policy while they develop an understanding of the various factors that influence the cost of pharmaceutical care for patients, pharmacists, physicians, and manufacturers. Pharmaceutical economists, product managers, and policymakers learn different methods for controlling costs, patient compliance, therapeutic outcomes, and the effects of restrictions on prescription drugs on the use and cost of other health care services. Above all, readers will find this book provides them with the necessary `know-how’for survival in the dynamic and competitive health care marketplace.The chapters of Studies in Pharmaceutical Economics range in scope from editorials to technical papers on new research methods. Readers will find the following key topics covered:pricing strategiesmarketing implicationspolicy issuesmethods for controlling utilization and costmulti-tier pricing and its effects on pharmacists and consumersanalytical approaches to researchThis valuable guidebook to the conditions characterizing the growing field of pharmacoeconomics maps the effects of clinical pharmacy services on the lengths of hospital stays, on hospital admissions, on adverse reactions, and on physician’s methods and habits of prescription. It also provides readers with practical policy applications and means for assessing trends in the market. These include the effects of extending Medicare coverage to outpatient prescription drugs and a technique for incorporating severity-of-illness measures into analysis of the cost-effectiveness of treatment. Professors of pharmacy administration and their students, product managers and pharmaceutical economists in the drug industry, and drug program administrators can use Studies in Pharmaceutical Economics as an introduction to the ways in which pharmaceutical economic research can bring efficiency and cost-effectiveness into their programs.Professors of pharmacy administration and their students, product managers and pharmaceutical economists in the drug industry, and drug program administrators (medical, HMOs, in service companies) can use Studies in Pharmaceutical Economics as an introduction to the ways in which pharmaceutical economic research can bring efficiency and cost-effectiveness into their programs.

Studies in Pharmaceutical Economics

Economics

Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century helps professionals in the pharmaceutical field anticipate and prepare for market changes and advances, and it guides them in adjusting their marketing strategies to remain competitive in the coming era. Ideal for product managers, planners, and strategists, this book puts the past twenty years of pharmacy into perspective and uses it as a basis for predicting the next twenty years. Internationally relevant, this book is now available in Japanese!Distinguished contributors provide a formal conjecture on the nature of various aspects of pharmaceutical marketing in the early part of the 21st century. Utilizing their experience and expertise, they provide pharmaceutical professionals with guidelines for marketing in the coming years. Readers gain insight into what the future may hold in these areas: pricing, product development, distribution, promotion, retailing, market research, and other areas. Experts who make professional speculations in Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century include these among others: 
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<li>William R. Mattson, Jr. (President, The Mattson Jack Group, St. Louis) and Evan G. Dick (Vice President and General Manager, MedStrategy Management Reports, St. Louis). They compare pharmaceutical marketing of 20 years ago with that of today and use the comparison as a basis for making projections 20 years into the future. 
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<li>David W. Newton (Albany College of Pharmacy). He predicts an increased importance and possible necessity of the pharmacist's role in direct/indirect patient care services. 
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<li>Jerome A. Reinstein (industry consultant and Director-General, World Federation of Proprietary Medicine Manufacturers, London). He explores the increasing number of prescription drugs becoming available over the counter.</li>
</ul>Pharmaceutical marketers and benefits managers, regulatory officials, drug product managers, advertising agency executives, and politicians will find Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century a must read as they work today in preparation for the future of pharmaceutical care and marketing.

Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century (Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management , Vol 10, No 2-3-4)

Routledge

Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi: Sketches, Highlights, and Memories

Discover the surprising history of Ole Miss School of PharmacyTo mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy, noted contributors have gathered to spotlight its unique background. Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi: Sketches, Highlights, and Memories reviews the trials and triumphs in the fascinating history of the school, exploring a tumultuous century that included wars, social upheaval, curricular revolution, and amazing successes. This surprisingand engagingly writtenbook details the school’s transformation from a second-rate institution to an internationally recognized program.Beyond being the first public university chartered in the state, the University of Mississippi has a long history of innovative thinking. Near the beginning of the twentieth century, the Mississippi State legislature recognized the need to adequately oversee those individuals who would dispense medicines. So, in 1908, the University of Mississippi established its pharmaceutical department and set on a course of improving educational standards for students of pharmacy. Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi presents the highlights of events, challenges, and successes from the visionary founding of the school by a man not yet 30 years old on to its becoming a leading school of pharmacy in the United States. The book includes nearly three dozen photographs.Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi tells stories and personal insights of: the founding of the school by a young pharmacy clerk  the school’s struggles for fundingand respect transformation from a second-rate institution to an internationally recognized program honors, awards, and recognition of students, faculty, and alumni pharmacy education in the twenty-first century program development through the years women in pharmacy and at the university much more!Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi is a revealing view of history for pharmacy school libraries, alumni of Ole Miss, pharmacy school faculty and students, and historians of all types.

Medical Books

Medicine

Discover the surprising history of Ole Miss School of PharmacyTo mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy, noted contributors have gathered to spotlight its unique background. Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi: Sketches, Highlights, and Memories reviews the trials and triumphs in the fascinating history of the school, exploring a tumultuous century that included wars, social upheaval, curricular revolution, and amazing successes. This surprisingand engagingly writtenbook details the school’s transformation from a second-rate institution to an internationally recognized program.Beyond being the first public university chartered in the state, the University of Mississippi has a long history of innovative thinking. Near the beginning of the twentieth century, the Mississippi State legislature recognized the need to adequately oversee those individuals who would dispense medicines. So, in 1908, the University of Mississippi established its pharmaceutical department and set on a course of improving educational standards for students of pharmacy. Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi presents the highlights of events, challenges, and successes from the visionary founding of the school by a man not yet 30 years old on to its becoming a leading school of pharmacy in the United States. The book includes nearly three dozen photographs.Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi tells stories and personal insights of: the founding of the school by a young pharmacy clerk  the school’s struggles for fundingand respect transformation from a second-rate institution to an internationally recognized program honors, awards, and recognition of students, faculty, and alumni pharmacy education in the twenty-first century program development through the years women in pharmacy and at the university much more!Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi is a revealing view of history for pharmacy school libraries, alumni of Ole Miss, pharmacy school faculty and students, and historians of all types.

Casebook in Social and Behavioral Pharmacy

Wertheimer, Albert

Harvey Whitney Books

A worldwide plague kills almost a billion people across the globe in an instant. This sets off a chain of events that was foretold thousands of years ago, but there are very few who draw the connection between the prophecies of the past and the events of the day. The ones who do realize that the next seven years are going to be the hardest years of their lives. This is their story.

The Plague

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Resource Publications

For the Claret and Blue

<div> <div>In 1964, when footballing legend Bobby Moore held the FA Cup aloft for West Ham, Micky Smith was in the crowd, experiencing the unique thrill of seing his club emerge victorious. In 1967, when Man United came to the East End, Micky was there and witnessed the birth of the football hooligan. In this book, Smith recalls tales from both his life as a Hammers fan, and also draws on the experiences of other dedicated fans to produce a unique memoir recalling the agony and ecstasy of being part of the East End's most faithful following.</div> </div>

Sports & Outdoors

Soccer

John Blake

The Adventures of Little Mickey: Keep On Going is all about seeing yourself beyond yourself and discovering the phenomenal sound inside of you. There is a sound inside of you that is unlike anyone else. There are things that only you can accomplish and that only you were created to do and be. In the BAND of life, we all have a song to play, and we all have a sound that is uniquely ours. We owe it to ourselves and the world to discover our sound and perform it with excellence.

The Adventures of Little Mickey: Keep on Going

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

Dave Burgess Consulting

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Books by Smith, Mickey

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Government, Big Pharma, and The People: A Century of Dis-Ease

Government, Big Pharma, and The People: A Century of Dis-Ease

Studies in Pharmaceutical Economics

Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century (Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management , Vol 10, No 2-3-4)

Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi: Sketches, Highlights, and Memories

Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi: Sketches, Highlights, and Memories

Casebook in Social and Behavioral Pharmacy

The Plague

For the Claret and Blue

The Adventures of Little Mickey: Keep on Going