Nazila Yousefi

[ 1 ] - New Product Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Iran

In today’s competitive world, there are several strategies to deal with the fast changing environment, among which New product development (NPD) is a common strategy. However, almost half of the resources that companies devote to NPD are spent on products that may fail. This issue is particularly highlighted in the pharmaceutical industry mainly because of a long development-time, low success r...

[ 2 ] - New Product Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Iran

In today’s competitive world, there are several strategies to deal with the fast changing environment, among which New product development (NPD) is a common strategy. However, almost half of the resources that companies devote to NPD are spent on products that may fail. This issue is particularly highlighted in the pharmaceutical industry mainly because of a long development-time, low success r...

[ 3 ] - Teriparatide in the Treatment of Severe Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Cost-Utility Analysis in Iran

Background: Teriparatide is a new agent serves as a treatment of choice for severe post-menopausal osteoporotic patients who are at a high risk of fracture or have failed or been intolerant of previous osteoporosis therapy. The objective of this study is estimating the cost-utility of Teriparatide compared with no treatment from health system perspective in Iran. Method: A microsimulation...

[ 4 ] - Teriparatide in the Treatment of Severe Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Cost-Utility Analysis in Iran

Background: Teriparatide is a new agent serves as a treatment of choice for severe post-menopausal osteoporotic patients who are at a high risk of fracture or have failed or been intolerant of previous osteoporosis therapy. The objective of this study is estimating the cost-utility of Teriparatide compared with no treatment from health system perspective in Iran. Method: A microsimulation...

[ 5 ] - Efficacy and Safety of Dulaglutide Compared to Liraglutide: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has always been one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the last decades. There exist a wide range of pharmacological agents for controlling this disease. However, these agents fare differently in terms of efficacy and safety. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare dulaglutide and liraglutide, two glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, in terms of ...

[ 6 ] - Country Pharmaceutical Situation on Access, Quality, and Rational Use of Medicines: An Evidence from a middle-income country

Introduction: Evaluation of pharmaceutical systems performance is an essential prerequisite for promoting evidence-based policy-making, improvement in health system performance. This study attempts to evaluate the performance of Iran pharmaceutical system based on the world health organization (WHO)'s indicators, including access, quality, and rational use of medicines. Methods: In this c...

[ 7 ] - Efficacy and Safety of Dulaglutide Compared to Liraglutide: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has always been one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the last decades. There exist a wide range of pharmacological agents for controlling this disease. However, these agents fare differently in terms of efficacy and safety. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare dulaglutide and liraglutide, two glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, in terms of ...

[ 8 ] - Country Pharmaceutical Situation on Access, Quality, and Rational Use of Medicines: An Evidence from a middle-income country

Introduction: Evaluation of pharmaceutical systems performance is an essential prerequisite for promoting evidence-based policy-making, improvement in health system performance. This study attempts to evaluate the performance of Iran pharmaceutical system based on the world health organization (WHO)'s indicators, including access, quality, and rational use of medicines. Methods: In this c...

[ 9 ] - Relation between Parental Education and Children’s Healthful Lifestyle

As parents’ socioeconomic condition considerably affects their children’s health, in the present paper, parents’ education and its relation with their lifestyle, including breast feeding, nutrition, supplement intake, smoking, and personal hygiene, are studied. Parents’ behavior is an important factor in affecting children’s health status. A cross-sectional descriptive analysis was conducted us...