Pharmaceutical Price Regulation:: Public Perception, Economic Realities, and Empirical Evidence - Paperback

by John A. Vernon (Author), Joseph H. Golec (Author)

This monograph demonstrates empirically how the free-market system of drug pricing is vital to the development of new breakthrough drugs.

Author Biography

John A. Vernon is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also holds appointments at the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the School of Pharmacy. He is a faculty research fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research. Joseph H. Golec is an associate professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Connecticut.