Introduction / Frank A. Sloan and Chee-Ruey Hsieh
The pharmaceutical sector in health care / Uwe E. Reinhardt
The economics of research and development in the pharmaceutical industry / William S. Comanor
Drugs for neglected diseases: new incentives for innovation / Aidan Hollis
When patents fail: finding new drugs for the developing world / Stephen M. Maurer
Implementing a public subsidy for vaccines / Frank A. Sloan and Charles E. Eesley
Ensuring the future supply of vaccines: is a national vaccine authority the answer? / Frank R. Lichtenberg
Competition between generic and branded drugs / Henry Grabowski
The United States' experience with direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs: what have we learned? / Ernst R. Berndt
Measures of costs and benefits for drugs in cost-effectiveness analysis / Mark V. Pauly
Using economic evaluation in reimbursement decisions for health technologies: lessons from international experience / Michael Drummond
Pharmaceutical spending and health outcomes / Pierre-Yves Cremieux ... [et al.]
Pharmaceutical innovation and health outcomes: empirical evidence from Taiwan / Chee-Ruey Hsieh ... [et al.]
Conclusions and policy implications / Frank A. Sloan and Chee-Ruey Hsieh.