We don't make our own toothpaste, so why are we still ‘making’ so many of our medicines?

2026/07/10 by J. P. Lomas, John‐Paul Lomas, David K. Whitaker · 1 voice
Dentistry · Medicine · #Oral microbiology and periodontitis research #Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting #Pharmaceutical studies and practices

paper · doi:10.1111/anae.70294

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• Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery 2015 : Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
• Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery 2021
• Economic evidence for licensed ready‐to‐administer intravenous products compared with standard vials and ampoules: a systematic review

Discussions

• Value is not unit price. Value is the whole pathway: quality control; standardisation; safety; time; & the avoidance of rare but devastating failures. Differentiating between cost & value requires [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]