The Economic Contribution of Industry-Sponsored Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials

• Main Authors: Dat T Tran (Author), Ilke Akpinar (Author), Richard Fedorak (Author), Egon Jonsson (Author), John Mackey (Author), Lawrence Richer (Author), Philip Jacobs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: In pharmaceutical clinical trials, industrial sponsors pay for study drugs and related healthcare services. We conducted a study to determine industry's economic contribution of these trials to the Alberta healthcare system.  Methods: We used data from two trial centers for cancer and...