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Author Mussen, Filip.

Title Benefit-risk appraisal of medicines : a systematic approach to decision-making / Filip Mussen, Sam Salek, Stuart Walker
Published Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
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Description 1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations
Series Wiley SCELC e-books
Contents Concept and scope of benefit-risk evaluation of medicines -- Criteria for a benefit-risk model : a conceptual framework -- Review of the current benefit-risk assessment models -- Defining a systematic approach to decision making -- Development and application of a benefit-risk assessment model based on multi-criteria decision analysis -- A future framework for benefit-risk appraisal of medicines
Summary Benefit-risk assessment is at the centre of the approval process for every new medicine. The ability to assess the risks of a new medicine accurately and to balance these against the benefits the medicine could bring is critical for every regulatory authority and pharmaceutical company. Despite this there are very few tried and tested evaluative models currently available. The authors of this book have developed a new, pioneering tool for the assessment of benefits and risks for new medicines in development. This model utilises a multi-criteria decision analysis which involves selecting, scori
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Drugs -- Testing.
Pharmaceutical policy -- Decision making.
Decision Support Techniques.
Drug Evaluation -- standards.
Models, Theoretical.
Risk Assessment.
Form Electronic book
Author Salek, Sam.
Walker, Stuart R., 1944-
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
ISBN 0470748117
0470748125 (electronic bk.)
9780470748114
9780470748121 (electronic bk.)
(cloth)