Availability and Affordability of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies After the New Medical Reform in Hubei Province, China.

Objective: In 2017, China launched a new round of medical reform (NMR) to address the inaccessibility of high-priced drugs for patients with serious diseases. This study explored the impact of the NMR on the accessibility and affordability of high-priced monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and the effective promotion policies after the NMR.

Methods: We used a standard method developed by the World Health Organization to conduct two surveys on the availability of mAbs and their prices before and after the NMR in the public hospitals in Hubei province, China.

Perceptions of Generic Drugs in the Pharmacists of Public Hospitals: A Cross-sectional Survey in Hubei Province of China.

Objective: Generic drugs provide an opportunity for savings in drug expenditure since they are available at a lower cost and do not affect patients' health. A better understanding of pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes, and perception can promote the quality use of generic drugs. The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and perception of pharmacists from tertiary hospitals in China regarding generic drugs.

Dynamic response of a human head to a foreign object impact.

This paper presents an analysis of a human head response to impact by a foreign object. The analysis is accomplished via an integration of a head-striker contact force function with a 3-D finite-element (FE) head model. The contact force function developed by the authors is used to estimate the contact force between the solid striker and the human head.

An approach for the estimation of contact force on a human head induced by a foreign-object impact.

This paper presents a novel approach to estimate the contact force on a human head induced by a foreign-object impact. A simple head-striker model is proposed to describe the contact between the human head and the foreign-object striker. Based on the head-striker model, a contact force function is formulated, which is expressed by the head and striker material properties and the impact velocity.