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Pharmaceuticals are arguably True
the most socially important
healthcare product.
Pharmaceutical True
development is a high-risk
undertaking, in which many
promising leads prove
disappointing.
Pharmaceutical sales are The U.S., Western Europe, and Japan.
highest in which
geographic regions?
The U.S. accounts for about 50%
______ of the world's
pharmaceutical revenues.
What event has fueled Population growth and increased life expectancies.
recent growth in the
pharmaceutical industry?
Partnerships between them will not prove immediately profitable.
According to your manual,
what describes the predicted
relationship between
pharmaceutical companies
and genomic research
facilities?
,Prescription drug therapy is False
not cost-effective for
insurance companies and
insurance providers.
The high price of healthcare False
is explained by the high price
of medicines.
One of the oldest and least False
effective pharmaceutical
marketing techniques is DTC
(directto-consumer)
advertising.
What influences the number The regions population
of districts in a region?
What is an example of the California and Florida have different prescription reimbursement
regionalization of healthcare policies.
delivery systems?
The heart of a False
pharmaceutical sales team is
the Regional Manager.
Most District Managers False
(DMs) did not start as
representatives.
How many territories are in a 8 to 12
typical district?
What is the most effective Comparative selling.
method for grabbing market
share?
Pharmaceutical reps mainly False
visit pharmacies.
,It usually takes about 1-2 False
calls to a physician before
he/she commits to
prescribing your product.
The pharmacist may True
dispense a product other
than what the physician
prescribed.
Which of the following would Employers.
classify as Payers Employers,
patients, pharmacists, or
physicians?
How would you define Ones that research and develop novel drugs.
ethical pharmaceutical
companies?
One of the most False
disappointing results of the
pharmaceutical Industry's
continued investment in R&D
is the few new drugs being
approved and in
development.
Thanks to modern medicines, Another 50 years.
how long are people newly
diagnosed with HIV expected
to live?
How much has the average Almost 30 years
American lifespan increased
since 1890?
What is a treatment group? A group of patients assigned to receive a specified treatment.
, What is the main In a double blind study, neither the study staff nor the study
difference between a participants know which subjects are in the experimental
blinded and a group and which are in the control group.
doubleblinded study?
What does asymptomatic Not exhibiting signs or symptoms.
mean?
What term denotes the study Physiology.
of bodily functions
(as opposed to structures)?
In its broadest definition, a True
drug is any substance that
produces a physical or
psychological change in the
body.
How does the Federal Any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or a substance
(FFDCA) define a drug? other than food intended to affect the structure or function of
the body.
Most of the body's required True
vitamins must be taken from
outside the body.
ADME testing measures the True
rate at which the body
absorbs the drug, distributes
it to the organs necessary to
produce the desired effect,
metabolizes it into waste
material, and then excretes it
from the body.
Pharmacokinetics.
What field is ADME testing