Top 6 Health Industry Trends in 2014

No. 4: Drug makers will have to make several adjustments

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Given the enactment of the Drug Quality and Security Act, drug makers will be required to make a number of changes in 2014. For one, they will be mandated to track prescribed drugs in larger bundles, so as to prevent counterfeit pharmaceuticals. In addition, as medicine continues to focus on specialty rather than general products, drug makers will also have to come up with alternative clinical trial models.