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IPECAD5--Fifth International Pharmaco-Economic Conference on Alzheimer's Disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20424802     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Fifth International Pharmaco-Economic Conference on Alzheimer's Disease was held in New York, on March 27-29 in 2008. The attendees included researchers and key opinion leaders within the academia, pharmaceutical industry, patient organizations and regulatory bodies, collecting the worldwide leading expertise in Alzheimer research today. A summary of the presentations and conclusions from the discussions are presented in this publication. Pharmaco-economics need to play a leading role in developing and communicating evidence of the value of anti-dementia drugs, now and in the future. For the development of evidence, the challenges include transparency and standardization of costs of care assessment, improved diagnostics for identifying target patient groups, improved endpoints for assessing outcomes and improved models for assessing the long term consequences of competing treatment strategies. For the communication of evidence, the challenge lies in convincing decision makers to recognize the integrated burden of the disease, including its interaction with co-morbidities and burden on caregivers, and to consider the consequences of competing treatment strategies from a societal perspective.
Authors:
A Gustavsson; L Jonsson; H Fillit; G Johansson; A Wimo; B Winblad
Publication Detail:
Type:  Congresses    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The journal of nutrition, health & aging     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1760-4788     ISO Abbreviation:  J Nutr Health Aging     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-28     Completed Date:  2010-06-16     Revised Date:  2010-10-12    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100893366     Medline TA:  J Nutr Health Aging     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  358-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
KI Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska institutet, Novum plan 5, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. anders.gustavsson@ki.se
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis,  drug therapy,  economics*
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Costs*
Humans
Middle Aged
Models, Economic
Neuroprotective Agents / economics*,  therapeutic use
Nootropic Agents / economics*,  therapeutic use
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Treatment Outcome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Neuroprotective Agents; 0/Nootropic Agents

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