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Patient Impact

• Heart Failure Rates and Heart Attack Deaths Are Declining - New

• Cancer Death Rates Down - New

• Americans with Chronic Conditions - New

• Rates of Chronic Disease Projected to Rise - New

• Few Americans Receiving Recommended Care - New

• Increased Use of Medicines Reduces Risk of Death After Major Cardiovascular Events

• Antihypertensive Medicines Have Prevented Deaths and Hospitalizations

• Cancer Survival Rising

• New medicines help increase longevity

• Reducing hospital and ER visits for children with asthma

• Prolonging life in HIV patients by early drug treatment

• Reducing disease recurrence and death in breast cancer patients

• Declining disability rate of seniors

• Increasing life expectancy

• Falling death rate in last two decades

• Improving overactive bladder symptoms

Healthcare Impact

• How Each Health Care Dollar Is Spent - New
• U.S. Health Care Spending Disproportionate for Patients with Chronic Conditions - New
• Greater Adherence to Cholesterol Medicines Decreases Total Health Care Spending
• Patients Taking Medicines for Heart Failure Incur Lower Health Care Costs
• Medicines Produce Valuable Health Gains for Heart Attack Patients
• Heart Failure Disease Management Program Reduces Hospitalizations and Overall Costs
• Adherence to Medicines Reduce Healthcare Costs
• Newer drugs save health care dollars
• Medicines reduce overall health care spending for bipolar patients
• Delaying need for nursing home care for Alzheimer's patients
• Medicines produce savings in diabetes patients' care by averting complications

Economic Impact

• Avoidable Treatment Costs and Productivity Losses - New
• Migraine medicines improve productivity
• Antidepressants help prevent absenteeism
• Arthritis patients on medicines have less disability

Research & Development

• Biopharmaceutical Companies’ Investment in R&D Remains Strong - New
• Medical Research in the U.S. Outpaces the Rest of the World - New
• Total U.S. Promotional Spend by Type
• Only 3 in 10 marketed drugs recoup R&D costs
• Increasing cost of developing a new drug
• American pharmaceutical companies lead the world in R&D investment
• Drug development takes longer than it did in the past
• Probability of success for investigational drugs is small

Patents

• The Value of Pharmaceutical Patents & Strong Intellectual Property Protection

Permission to reproduce is granted if proper credit is given.
Suggested Citation: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Value of Medicines: Facts and Figures 2006, (Washington, DC: PhRMA, August 2006).

• Changing Demographics of the US Population, 2000-2100
• Projected Alzheimer’s Disease Prevalence, 2000–2100
• Chronic Diseases Projected to Become More Prevalent
• Health Care Costs: 1965–2004
• U.S. Life Expectancy Continues to Climb
• New Medicines Increase Longevity
• U.S. AIDS Deaths Drop Dramatically with Introduction of New Medicines
• Medicines Prevent Cancer Recurrence
• Increased Use of Medicines Reduces Risk of Death After Major Cardiovascular Events
• Newer Drugs Reduce Risk of Death
• Better Quality of Care for Elderly Patients Increases Survival
• New Drug Increases Brain Cancer Survival Rate
• Antihypertensive Medicines Have Prevented Deaths and Hospitalizations
• New Drugs Reduce Visits to Hospital and ER
• Medicines Allow Patients to Remain Independent Longer
• New Drug for Crohn’s Disease Reduces Need for Health Care Services
• AIDS Hospitalizations Dropped
• Hepatitis A Incidence Falls to Historic Lows with Increased Use of Vaccine
• Disability Rates Declining for Seniors, 1982–1999
• Quality of Life and Life Expectancy Improve with Increased Spending on Pharmaceuticals
• New Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Produces Significantly Better Results for Patients
• Medicines Help Prevent Disability Due to Arthritis
• New Medicine Improves Quality of Life (QoL) for Patients with Schizophrenia
• Medicines Reduce Complications of Diabetes
• Using Newer Medicines Results in Savings of $111 per Treated Condition
• Drugs Help Control Hospital and Ambulatory Costs
• Greater Adherence to Medicines Decreases Total Health Care Spending
• Patients Taking Medicines for Heart Failure Incur Lower Health Care Costs
• Medicines Produce Valuable Health Gains for Heart Attack Patients
• Increased Use of Medicines Reduces Overall Health Care Costs
• Disease Management Program Increases Use of Diabetes Medicines and Reduces Total Health Spending
• Heart Failure Disease Management (DM) Program Reduces Hospitalizations and Overall Costs
• Medicines Improve Productivity and Save Employers Money
• Better Treatment for Depression Saves Employers Money
• New Medicines for Arthritis Improve Functioning and Productivity
• More Effective Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Could Save Billions