Mission

The PRIME Institute serves as a focal point for study of economic and public policy issues related to pharmaceutical products and services. Research interests encompass a broad range of topics related to pharmaceuticals and public policy including:

• Monitoring trends and economic indicators related to the pharmaceutical market (consumers, pharmacists, pharmacies, pharmaceutical firms, managed care organizations and pharmaceutical benefits managers);
• Evaluation of the design and impact of pharmaceutical benefit plans;
• Assessment of factors influencing access and affordability of medicines;
• Characterization of competitive and economic factors in the pharmaceutical market;
• and Pharmacoeconomic studies of pharmaceutical products and services.

Contact: PRIME Institute
7-159 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

Telephone: 612-624-9931
Fax: 612-625-9931