Medicines and the Pharmaceutical Sector in a Changing Environment

This research project comprises three subprojects:

1. Systems and structures of the pharmaceutical sector and medicine life cycle in an evolving service system
2. Rational prescribing and pharmacotherapy
3. Evolving information systems

The goal of subproject 1 is to examine how the structures, systems, and operators of the pharmaceutical sector as well as the life cycle phase of medicines affect the use, prices, and costs of medicines. Furthermore, the subproject produces information to help with national and regional decision-making in the evolving environment of social welfare services, healthcare, and social security. In subproject 2, we produce information on prescribing practices and medicine use as well as their relationship and effects. Subproject 3 studies the effects of Kanta services’ latest features on the prescribing, use, and costs of medicines.

Researchers

• Hanna Koskinen, Leading Researcher (subproject I)
• Heini Kari, Leading Researcher (subprojects II and III)
• Iiro Ahomäki
• Pekka Heino
• Terhi Kurko
• Satu Kuusisto
• Leeni Minkkinen
• Fredriikka Nurminen
• Hanna Rättö
• Kati Sarnola

Project Implementation Period

15.10.2021–31.12.2026

Project Results 

• Lääkkeet ja lääkeala muuttuvassa toimintaympäristössä: Lääkerekisteriaineistojen kuvaus
• Trends in Semaglutide Prescribing and Dispensing – A Nationwide Register-Based Study (pdf) (13.11.2023) (ISPOR EUROPE 2023)
• Non-Dispensed Prescriptions From the Public and Private Health Care Sectors: A Comparative Register Study (pdf) (13.11.2023) (ISPOR EUROPE 2023)