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Primary Care Physicians are More Willing than Endocrinologists to Prescribe Pfizer/Nektar's Exubera
June 18th, 2007
Decision Resources, Inc., one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that primary care physicians are more willing than endocrinologists to prescribe Pfizer/Nektar's Exubera. According to the new Physician & Payer Forum report entitled Reimbursement of Inhaled Insulins: Safety and Efficacy Concerns vs. Improved Patient Compliance, 54 percent of primary care physicians and 41 percent of endocrinologists say they will increase the number of prescriptions they write for insulin generally. The report also finds that half of managed care organizations' pharmacy directors believe that inhaled insulin will promote...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2007-06-18)
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