Incorporating Value and Cost-Awareness in Drug Development

Jorge Cortes, MD

Video Categories: Value

Dr. Jorge Cortes ponders the cost of treatment versus the improvement in the standard of care, asking if what we are gaining is really worth the rising cost.

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