Offering orlistat may be opportune for obese in Italy
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IGT
Orlistat
Placebo
Orlistat
7.968
7.891
7.921
6.641 15.29 60.8
6.26 16.02 -
6.396 18.17 16.34
Quality-adjusted life expectancy Incremental cost-utility ratio
The researchers concluded that "orlistat shows a good pharmacoeconomic profile, especially in IGT patients, with a cost-utility of 16.340 Euro/QALY. This values is lower than that of several therapeutic strategies commonly accepted in developed countries." * This study was sponsored by Roche Spa, Milan, Italy, and presented at the 10th Annual European Congress of the International Society of Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research. Iannazzo S, et al. A probabilistic Bayesian Markov model in WinBUGS for the economic evaluation of the treatment with orlistat of Italian obese patients. Value in Health 10: A462-A463 (plus poster) abstr. POB3, No. 6, Nov-Dec 801084960 2007
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PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 17 Nov 2007 No. 541
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