In an otherwise volatile pharmaceutical world, 2009 has seen two notable and durable anniversaries, the implementation of the tenth re-negotiated Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme in January and the tenth birthday of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in April. PPRS and NICE, are among abbreviations most widely recognised, but their structures, functions and ways of working are often less than fully understood.

The United States Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report has been researched at source and features the latest available data and forecasts to end-2012 covering drugs and healthcare expenditure, the prescription, OTC and generics markets, and foreign trade; company rankings and competitive landscapes including multinational and national drugs companies; and analysis of latest industry news, trends and regulatory developments.

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