1. Farmácia Popular Program: pharmaceutical market analysis of antihypertensive acting on the renin-angiotensin system medicines.
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Silva RMD, Chaves GC, Chaves LA, Campos MR, Luiza VL, Bertoldi AD, Ross-Degnan D, and Emmerick ICM
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- Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers economics, Antihypertensive Agents economics, Antihypertensive Agents pharmacology, Brazil, Cost Sharing economics, Health Policy, Humans, Hypertension drug therapy, Interrupted Time Series Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Losartan economics, Losartan therapeutic use, Renin-Angiotensin System drug effects, Retrospective Studies, Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers therapeutic use, Antihypertensive Agents therapeutic use, Commerce statistics & numerical data, Drug Industry economics
- Abstract
This paper aims to analyse changes in the retail pharmaceutical market following policy changes in the Farmácia Popular Program (FP), a medicines subsidy program in Brazil. The retrospective longitudinal analyses focus on therapeutic class of agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system. Data obtained from QuintilesIMS (formerly IMS Health) included private retail pharmacy sales volume (pharmaceutical units) and sales values from 2002 to 2013. Analyses evaluated changes in market share following key FP policy changes. The therapeutic class was selected due to its relevance to hypertension treatment. Market share was analysed by therapeutic sub-classes and by individual company. Losartan as a single product accounted for the highest market share among angiotensin II antagonists. National companies had higher sales volume during the study period, while multinational companies had higher sales value. Changes in pharmaceutical market share coincided with the inclusion of specific products in the list of medicines covered by FP and with increases in or exemption from patient copayment.
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- 2017
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