F. Andersson, WHY IS THE PHARMACEUTICAL-INDUSTRY INVESTING INCREASING AMOUNTS IN HEALTH ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS, International journal of technology assessment in health care, 11(4), 1995, pp. 750-761
Over the last few years, the pharmaceutical industry has financed an i
ncreasing number of health economic evaluations. The purpose of this a
rticle is to describe how and why the pharmaceutical industry is apply
ing health economic evaluations. Seven different fields of application
are identified, and the varying reasons for use are discussed.