On 26 June 2018 the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board announced the publication of the second annual edition of Meds Entry Watch 2016.

The report provides a review of long-term trends in new active substances approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency and Health Canada between 2009 and 2015. It also:

  • describes, among other things, the availability, pricing and sales of such new active substances in 2015 and 2016; and
  • provides a preliminary analysis of their effect on the market as of the fourth quarter of 2016.

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