Open Access<p>Characteristics of “Hard-to-Use” Press-Through-Package Sheets: An Analysis of Information Collected by Marketing Specialists of a Japanese Medical Wholesaler</p>
Author(s) -
Kenji Kabeya,
Hiroki Satoh,
Satoko Hori,
Yasumasa Miura,
Yasufumi Sawada
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s254040
Subject(s) - medicine , postmarketing surveillance , package insert , drug , marketing , pharmacology , business , adverse effect
Press-through-package (PTP) sheets are common forms of packaging for medicines in Japan. However, patients and/or pharmacists have reported difficulty in extracting tablets or capsules from some PTP sheets.