Cost-Utility Analysis of Dose-Dense Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin Chemotherapy Regimen in Comparison With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Chemotherapy Regimen in the Treatment of Patients With Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in Iran.

Objectives: Bladder cancer incurs the highest lifetime treatment cost per patient among various cancers. Current guidelines endorse several cisplatin-based regimens as neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This cost-utility analysis aimed to compare 2 primary neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens-dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (dd-MVAC) and gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC)-for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, providing economic evidence to inform treatment guidelines in Iran.

Assessing drug lag in new drug approvals by the Iran Food and Drug Administration compared to the U.S. FDA, EMA, and PMDA: A 20-year analysis (2001-2021).

The pharmaceutical industry is vital for healthcare advancement through innovative medications, improving lives. A substantial challenge is "Drug lag," hindering patient access and increasing disease adjusted life years burdens. We aim to examine drug lag for Iran Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) approved drugs versus US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), and Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) over 2001 to 2021.

Evaluation of the association between clinical parameters and ADAM33 and ORMDL3 asthma gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms with the severity of COVID-19.

Background: Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Patients had varying clinical symptoms and disease severity (mild, moderate, severe, and critical). Several risk factors, including genetic polymorphisms, have been reported to be associated with disease risk and severity.

Long-term cost-effectiveness of quality of diabetes care; experiences from private and public diabetes centers in Iran.

Background: The quality of health care has a significant impact on both patients and the health system in terms of long-term costs and health consequences. This study focuses on determining the long-term cost-effectiveness in quality of diabetes care in two different settings (private/public) using longitudinal patient-level data in Iran.

Methods: By extracting patients intermediate biomedical markers in under-treatment type 2 diabetes patients(T2DP) in a longitudinal retrospective study and by applying the localized UKPDS diabetes model, lifetime health outcomes including life expectancy, quality-adjusted Life expectancy (QALE) and direct medical costs of managing disease and related complications from a healthcare system perspective was predicted.

The impact of sanction and healthcare system reform on the healthcare performance and pharmaceutical market in Iran; 2001-2016.

Background: Iranian government has introduced multiple healthcare system reforms during the last 30 years aiming at improving accessibility and affordability of care. Pharmaceutical products are one of the major sources of financial burden on the healthcare system. The healthcare system and pharmaceutical sector have been balanced out by the partially counteracting effects of the HSEP (Health sector evolution plan) and the imposed sanctions.

Patient and physician preferences for type 2 diabetes medications: a systematic review.

Background: There are several treatments to cure type 2 diabetes (T2D) and every one of them has certain attributes which is lead patients and specialists to have different preferences and select power. Therefore, we did this systematic study to evaluate patients̓ and physicians̓ preferences for type 2 diabetes medications by extracting attributes of anti-diabetic medications and identifying their relative importance.

Methods: We searched the PubMed, Ovid, Web of science, Scopus and Embase databases for articles which have been published on or before May 8th, 2018(The start time of the search in our study was May 8th, 2018).

Antibiotic Utilization in Iran 2000-2016: Pattern Analysis and Benchmarking with Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Countries.

Objectives: Antibiotic resistance is the main threat to health all over the world. The consumption of antibiotics is one of the factors causing the emergence of multidrug resistance. The purpose of this study was to recognize the patterns, trends, and changes of consumption in Iran and to compare them with those of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.