We are not as an association but you have a lot of universities, agencies, that are looking at appropriate medication use and safety. So to get that data in on prescribing patterns and utilization is really important. We're spending over $30 billion and almost half of that is paid for through the public purse for prescription drugs. But there are lots of concerns: are medications being taken appropriately, prescribed appropriately, monitored, are they safe, as well as prescription drug abuse. We also have a lot of costs related to less than appropriate medication use. It's really important that there's research to look at safety, efficacy, those issues.
On March 24th, 2015. See this statement in context.