Pharmaceutical prescribing currently represents around 10% of total National Health Service expenditure, and is one of the most inflationary elements of spending (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology 1993). Between 1980 and 1990, the overall cost of a prescription increased by 19%....

The Russian pharmaceutical sector is currently undergoing reform of the procurement, distribution and financing of medical drugs. The political imperatives underpinning these changes are wide ranging, and include the desire to protect local industry while benefiting from higher quality or less...

Functional dyspepsia can be defined as chronic or recurrent upper abdominal pain or discomfort, for which no focal lesion or systemic disease can be found. It is a common complaint seen by physicians and, although it does not cause death or severe disability in the majority of cases, represents...