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Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
About the Initiative
Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs is a public education project of Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports. Consumers Union is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace and to empower consumers as they buy products and services.
The mission of the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs project is to provide consumers and their doctors with information to help guide prescription drug choices-based on effectiveness, a drug's track record, safety and price. The project aims to improve access to needed medicines for tens of millions of American - because they lack insurance coverage for prescription drugs, because the prices of many medicines today are so high, and because many consumers and physicians may not be aware of proven and affordable alternatives.
What It Means For Employers
Products from the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs project provide unbiased information about drug effectiveness, safety and cost in a way that is easy for all to understand. Importantly, they are based on rigorous, systematic evidence reviews conducted by the Drug Evidence Review Project at the Oregon Health & Science University - a group that helped pioneer the application of evidence-based medicine to prescription drug plans. These reports are a valuable resource for employers that want to encourage medication use that is based on evidence of effectiveness and value.
Access to this information is currently free of charge. By making Best Buy Drugs reports available through company newsletters, intranet portals, and other vehicles the distribution of health information, employers can help patients and their doctors make wise choices when drug therapy is needed. To learn more, visit the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs Homepage, or view the individual reports by following the links below.
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