TY - CHAP
T1 - Targeting infections within the gastrointestinal tract
AU - Batchelor, Hannah
AU - Conway, Barbara
PY - 2007/9/25
Y1 - 2007/9/25
N2 - Pharmaceuticals remain the least invasive and most cost-effective means of patient treatment, and represent a substantially important factor in the potential reductionof long-term, overall healthcare costs. The pharmaceutical industry continues to evolve within a transitional environment as most of the elements affecting its core business have changed. Drug companies are confronting the consequences of managed care, increased pricing pressures, generic competition, and overall margin shrinkage. In response, they are vigorously seeking new ways to increase profitability, differentiate their products, and add depth and diversity to their product lines. One of these alternatives is to exploit improvements upon the method of drug delivery.
AB - Pharmaceuticals remain the least invasive and most cost-effective means of patient treatment, and represent a substantially important factor in the potential reductionof long-term, overall healthcare costs. The pharmaceutical industry continues to evolve within a transitional environment as most of the elements affecting its core business have changed. Drug companies are confronting the consequences of managed care, increased pricing pressures, generic competition, and overall margin shrinkage. In response, they are vigorously seeking new ways to increase profitability, differentiate their products, and add depth and diversity to their product lines. One of these alternatives is to exploit improvements upon the method of drug delivery.
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UR - https://www.crcpress.com/Advanced-Drug-Formulation-Design-to-Optimize-Therapeutic-Outcomes/Williams-Taft-McConville/p/book/9781420043877
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:82255175760
SN - 9781420043877
T3 - Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Series
SP - 217
EP - 244
BT - Advanced Drug Formulation Design to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes
A2 - Williams III, Robert O.
A2 - Taft, David R.
A2 - McConville, Jason T.
PB - CRC Press
ER -