Pharmaceutical public policy

Content: 1. Policy process / Alan Lyles --
2. Federal legislative process / Valerie Heitshusen --
3. Role of federal regulations and how they are developed / Curtis W. Copeland --
4. Access, quality, and cost / Julie A. Schmittdiel and Marsha Raebel --
5. Why is medication use less than appropriate? / Duane M. Kirking, David Nau, and Jill Augustine --
6. Medication adherence and health policy / Meghan M. Kelly and Jon C. Schommer --
7. Good governance and corruption in the pharmaceutical system / Jillian Clare Kohler --
8. U.S. Food and Drug Administration / Gregory Dolin --
9. Risk minimization : a new regulatory challenge directive / Louis A. Morris and Eva Lydick --
10. Drug shortages / Anna Gu, Dhamil Patel, and Rajesh Nayak --
11. Drug reimportation into the United States / Albert I. Wertheimer and Qian Ding --
12. Competition between brand-name and generic drugs / Jianfei J. Guo and Christina M.L. Kelton --
13. Structure and dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry / Earlene Lipowski --
14. Health policy and economic issues in biotechnology and personalized medicine / Louis P. Garrison, Jr. --
15. Pharmaceutical promotion in the United States / Alan Lyles --
16. Health technology assessment / Laura T. Pizzi and Tony Amos --
17. Pharmacoeconomics as a response to market failure : an international perspective / Ruth Lopert --
18. Market for pharmaceuticals / David H. Kreling --
19. Managed care pharmacy and pharmacy benefit management / Perry Cohen and Mary Claire Wohletz --
20. Drug insurance design and management / Earle "Buddy" Lingle and William N. Yates --
21. Electronic information technology : role in supporting drug use and policy / Gordon Schiff, Tewodros Eguale, and Bill G. Felkey --
22. Assessing medicare part D after 10 years / Jack Hoadley --
23. Medicaid / Brian K. Bruen and Linda Elam --
24. Medication therapy management services / Brian J. Isetts --
25. The Affordable Care Act : potential impacts on pharmaceutical markets / Steven H. Sheingold and Pierre L. Yong --
26. Role of government as regulator, payer, and provider of care / W. Mike Heath and John Spain --
27. Department of veterans affairs pharmacy programs / Vaiyapuri Subramaniam and Michael A. Valentino --
28. Public health service / Robert E. Pittman.