TRENDS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE ANNUAL
CLASSIFIED LIST OF MEDICINES BETWEEN
1989-2012
ADRIANA-ELENA TĂEREL, VALENTINA SOROCEANU*,
CRISTINA RAIS
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of
Pharmacy, 6th Traian Vuia Str., Bucharest 2, 02095
*corresponding author: valentina_soroceanu@yahoo.com
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Abstract:

In this research we aimed to highlight trends in the development of medicinal products for human use in the transition and adaptation period of the Romanian health system to a market economy. The period analysed in the present study is 1989-2012.
Data on drugs in these lists (number of positions in the Annual classified list of Medicines, number of International Nonproprietary Names -INN, number of medicines having Marketing Authorization Holder in Romania or in foreign countries, number of prescription and over-the-counter medicines - OTC) were processed using the regression equation, the determination coefficient and Helmert-Pearson/chi-squared test.
Results indicated a continous increasing of the number of positions, occupied by medicines in the lists and confirmed that generic formulations, having foreign Marketing Authorization Holders, exceed the ones having Marketing Authorization Holders located in Romania. Also, this research showed that prescription medicines proved to be more numerous than OTC medicines.

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