title: Biopharmaceuticals: the economic equation.
abstract: As more biopharmaceuticals reach the market, more attention will be given to issues such as cost-effectiveness evaluations, biosimilars, and price controls. The value biologic therapies bring to the healthcare system may take years to appreciate in full -perhaps only when policy decisions allow for their economic effects to be understood.
authors.affiliation: Erwin A. Blackstone, PhD, is a professor of economics at Temple University in Philadelphia. Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., PhD, is a professor of economics at Widener University, in Chester, Pa., and an adjunct research professor for the Department of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Erwin A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Blackstone
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fuhr