Benefit-Risk Appraisal of Medicines: A Systematic Approach to Decision-making / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780470060858 Publisher: Wiley Publication date: 02/01/2010 Pages: 294 Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d) Benefit-risk assessment is at the centre of the approval process for every new medicine. The ability to assess the risks of a new medicine accurately and to balance these against the benefits the medicine could bring is critical for every regulatory authority and pharmaceutical company. Despite this there are very few tried and tested evaluative models currently available. The authors of this book have developed a new, pioneering tool for the assessment of benefits and risks for new medicines in development. This model utilises a multi-criteria decision analysis which involves selecting, scoring and weighting key benefit and risk attributes and leads to an overall appraisal of benefits and risks of medicines. Benefit-Risk Appraisal of Medicines establishes the background and criteria required to assess benefit and risk in general and reviews the current pract