title: Pharmacoeconomics and the medicinal chemist.
abstract: Pharmacoeconomics is a rational, scientific approach to compare the value (in terms of both cost and patient outcome) of one medication or drug therapy regimen to another. The impact of this new approach on both the practicing medicinal chemist and broader drug discovery efforts is considered.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pharmacology and Chemistry, Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt Specialized Chemistry Center (MLPCN), Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
authors.forename: Craig W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lindsley
keywords: Pharmacoeconomics; cost benefit; outcomes