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The Prescrire Awards for 2011

The 2011 Prescrire Awards: granted in total independence by Prescrire's Editorial Staff

The 2011 Prescrire Drug Awards


Products evaluated during the previous year in the New Products section of our French edition are eligible for the Prescrire Awards for new drugs and indications (in 2011: issues 327 to 338).



> Click here for an explanation of Prescrire's drug ratings

> Click here for the rules governing the Awards (pdf, in French)  

PILULE D'OR / "GOLDEN PILL" AWARD
The "Golden Pill" award is granted to drugs that provide a major therapeutic advance for patients and healthcare professionals in a field in which no treatment was previously available.
NOT ATTRIBUTED in 2011
 
 HONOURS LIST
Drugs included on the Honours List provide a clear advantage for some patients in comparison to existing therapeutic options, albeit with certain limitations.
NO INCLUSIONS in 2011
 
NOTEWORTHY
These drugs made a modest improvement in patient care.
NONE LISTED in 2011


©Prescrire February 2012

"The 2011 Prescrire Awards" Prescrire Int 2012; 21 (125): 78-82. (pdf, free)