Aging & Elder Health Week
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Aging & Elder Health Week
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Greystone Associates
Study shows prescription drug patches gaining ground
April 10th, 2005
Created as an alternate route of drug administration to improve patient compliance and reduce drug side effects, prescription skin patches are rapidly becoming an important healthcare product category. While quietly gaining market share for the treatment of chronic conditions such as angina, hypertension and HRT, the technology is set to make further inroads as transdermal patches for a host of new conditions wind their way through the development and clinical trial process. Growth in demand for prescription drug patches is being driven by several factors - factors with strong demographic and population trend underpinnings. Technology has also played...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2005-04-10)
|
