Comparison of Demand for Drugs Used for COVID-19 Treatment and Other Drugs During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

Adriana Ammassari; Aurora Di Filippo; Maria Paola Trotta; Giuseppe Traversa; Andrea Pierantozzi; Francesco Trotta; Nicola Magrini

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37060

Comparison of Demand for Drugs Used for COVID-19 Treatment and Other Drugs During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e2037060. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37060.

Authors

Adriana Ammassari¹, Aurora Di Filippo¹, Maria Paola Trotta¹, Giuseppe Traversa¹, Andrea Pierantozzi¹, Francesco Trotta¹, Nicola Magrini¹

Affiliation

¹ Italian Medicines Agency, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study compares demand for drugs for treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between the period directly before the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy and the early period of the outbreak.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 Drug Treatment*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Pandemics
Prescription Drugs / supply & distribution
Time Factors

Substances

Prescription Drugs