Public perspectives on disinvestments in drug funding: results from a Canadian deliberative public engagement event on cancer drugs

• Main Authors: Sarah Costa (Author), Colene Bentley (Author), Dean A. Regier (Author), Helen McTaggart-Cowan (Author), Craig Mitton (Author), Michael M. Burgess (Author), Stuart J. Peacock (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Decisions relating to the funding of new drugs are becoming increasingly challenging due to a combination of aging populations, rapidly increasing list prices, and greater numbers of drug-indication pairs being brought to market. This is especially true in cancer, where rapid lis...