Drugs
What are orphan drugs? Bonus: Do they include vaccines?
According to the national cancer institute, it is "A drug used to treat, prevent, or diagnose an orphan disease."
What is discriminatory pricing?
Use own words, or cite Shaira 12
1$ in drug revenue = how much in R&D spending?
1$ according to Atkinson 18
What is the most profitable industry in the world?
Pharma
What state, city, and college is Coach David from?
Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado College
What are mRNA vaccines
How can governments control the cost of vaccines?
Price floor, price ceiling. Price freeze, profit cap, etc
How long, in years, does it take on average to bring a drug to market?
Ledley 18 states it takes an average of 30 years
What percentage of Americans have "medication insecurity"?
22.9% According to Gallup 19
What countries use price controls on pharmaceuticals? List four
India, China, U.K, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, Norway.
When can a compulsory license be used?
During emergencies, when the price of drug is too high, etc
What is compulsory licensing?
According to the WTO, Compulsory licensing is when a government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process without the consent of the patent owner or plans to use the patent-protected invention itself
How much do pharmaceutical companies spend on R&D per year?
$200B
Pharma is valued at how much world wide?
According to Statista 1.27 Trillion
What international organization manages health crises and supports drug development
The WHO
What is the average cost to bring a drug to market?
Multiple acceptable answers from masterfile, must cite either DiMasi 04, Wouters 20, DiMasi 16
What is price negotiation and which major country does not allow price negotiation between the government and drug companies?
USA
How much of the world lacks access to essential medicines? Bonus 100 points, what is the percentage for lower income nations?
According to our Dean 19 evidence, 1/3 of the world and up to 80% in developing nations lacks access to essential medicines
Patents contribute how much to a pharma companies revenue?
Why should a judge prefer access to affordability? Name three reasons
2. there are other mechanisms for reducing price after drugs become accessible to the public.
3. Wide accessibility, will naturally lower the price as a result of increased demand
How much have drug prices increased by since 2012?
According to Skylar Jeremias at the Center for Biosimilars in 2020, drug prices have increased by 50% since 2012 for three fourths of the most expensive drugs
Name three alternatives to vaccines not listed
Prizes, direct government support, compulsory licensing
In the U.S how much money did pharmaceutical companies give to universities for research in 2016?
According to Atkinson 18, pharma companies provided 2.5 billion in research funding to universities.
How much money did Moderna recieve in government support?
For poor individuals in developing nations what percentage of health costs is spent on average for medications?
According to Dean 19, 50-80% of health spending is spent on drugs in developing nations.