Submited on: 12 Oct 2010 05:36:39 AM GMT
Published on: 12 Oct 2010 03:13:53 PM GMT
 
Improving Cost Efficiency in pharmaceutical Outsourcing
Posted by Dr. William J Maloney on 11 Feb 2014 01:56:23 PM GMT Reviewed by Interested Peers

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The purpose of the author in this article is to voice his beliefs on how there might be an improvement in the cost efficiency in pharmaceutical outsourcing.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes- It would be a good seminar for the staff in a hospital.


  • Other Comments:

    This is an opinion-based article which attempts to combat the sky-rocketing drug costs.  The author analyzes three categories of costs associated with the drugs- manufacturing costs, CMO profit margin, and sponsor's internal costs. The author offers various strategies. Among these strategies are to commit to quality and regulatory compliance, gain access access to new technologies, and develop long-term partner relationships.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:

    None

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Clinical associate professor

  • How to cite:  Maloney W J.Improving Cost Efficiency in pharmaceutical Outsourcing[Review of the article 'Improving The Cost Efficiency In Pharmaceutical Outsourcing ' by Zhu Y].WebmedCentral 2012;5(2):WMCRW002967
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? No
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? No
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The paper is quite good to attract researcher and social communities on topic raised. it require thorough analysis on each and every concerned aspects. So in my opinion author must cite latest research paper and describe topics in more subheadings to explain his opinion.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Nil

  • How to cite:  Kumar A .Improving The Cost Efficiency In Pharmaceutical Outsourcing[Review of the article 'Improving The Cost Efficiency In Pharmaceutical Outsourcing ' by Zhu Y].WebmedCentral 2012;3(4):WMCRW001707
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