Initial Experience Prescribing Commercial Tafamidis, the Most Expensive Cardiac Medication in History
MD, MS Ahmad Masri, PharmD Hongya Chen, MD Catherine Wong, MSN, RN Katherine L Fischer, MD Chafic Karam, MD, MPH Walid F Gellad, MD Stephen B Heitner
JAMA Cardiology, doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1738
program, a specialty pharmacy, and a dedicated pharmacist who spent an average of 1 hour per patient to ensure they can afford tafamidis. As such, our experience might not be easily applicable to other health care settings.
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