Abstract:When a candidate drug is likely to become available to prescribers and healthcare policy makers, evaluation of therapeutic progress moves forward in two stages. First, the level of expected therapeutic progress must be established. This first stage requires the determination of therapeutic needs and the comparison of these against the results of the clinical studies that will form the basis of the marketing authorisation of the drug. This determination helps anticipate the therapeutic progress that is attribut… Show more
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