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ArticleJournal of diabetes science and technology2016

If PBMs Guard Access to Drugs, Then Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodies? (Who Will Guard the Guardians?).

Alan W Carter, Lutz Heinemann

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Article in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Insulin Storage: A Critical Reappraisal.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2021
    Article
  2. Inhaled Insulin: Dead Horse or Rising Phoenix?Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2018
    Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alan W CarterMRIGlobal, Kansas City, MO, USA acarter@mriglobal.org.
Lutz HeinemannScience & Co., Düsseldorf, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin prices in the United States have risen dramatically in recent years, yet pharmacies cannot provide a stable price for a given insulin due to factors that are not widely understood. This commentary discusses the complex and obscure factors that drive today's insulin prices with a discussion of the other players, besides the insulin manufacturer, who benefit from higher prices. An open discussion is critical regarding this drug and others that are essential to the lives of millions of people with diabetes. We'll also explore whether the market introduction of biosimilar insulin will impact insulin prices.

Indexed as

Fees, PharmaceuticalHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinUnited StatesHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinbiosimilar insulininsulinqualitytherapy

Identifiers

PMID27381029
PMCPMC5094334

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