The landscape of prescription drugs to manage pain in the postoperative setting represents a sizable but fragmented and challenging environment for drug marketers given the abundance of generically available analgesics. As the treatment landscape for postoperative pain becomes increasingly complex, we explore the market access opportunities and challenges for drug marketers, particularly in an era of ever-tightening reimbursement in the United States. Research and analysis in this report will assess physician prescribing practices of current analgesics for postoperative pain treatment, including drugs delivered by patient-controlled administration (i.e., The Medicines Company’s Ionsys), the impact of hospital protocols and other restrictions on prescribing, and the expected uptake and formulary coverage of emerging pain therapies.
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