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Specialty drugs: a distinctly American phenomenon

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  • Naci, Huseyin
  • Kesselheim, Aaron S.

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Various stakeholders in the pharmaceutical supply chain assign the specialty label to drugs on the basis of a combination of several unrelated factors, including whether a drug treats a rare condition. But the single most common feature of specialty drugs is high cost.

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  • Naci, Huseyin & Kesselheim, Aaron S., 2020. "Specialty drugs: a distinctly American phenomenon," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 105102, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. Ivanova, N. & Mamedyarov, Z., 2022. "Pharmaceutical industry in Russia: Key trends and developments," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 53(1), pages 248-255.

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