The Prescrire Awards for 2014

The Prescrire Drug Awards for 2014

Pilule d'Or/Golden Pill 1981-2014 The Pilule d'Or (Golden Pill) has been granted since 1981 to drugs that constitute a major therapeutic advance in a field in which no treatment was previously available.
2014 (Prescrire Int n° 158)	ORPHACOL° (cholic acid)
2007 (Prescrire Int n° 94)	CARBAGLU° (carglumic acid) (a second look)
2006 (Prescrire Int n° 88)	ORFADIN° (nitisinone)
1998 (Prescrire Int n° 40)	CRIXIVAN° (indinavir)
1996 (Prescrire Int n° 28)	DIGIDOT° (digoxin-specific antibody ) (1)
1992 (Prescrire Int n° 4)	SURFEXO° (pulmonary surfactant ) (1)
1989 (Rev Prescrire n° 92)	EPREX° (epoetin alfa) • MECTIZAN° (ivermectin)
1988 (Rev Prescrire n° 81)	LARIAM° (mefloquine) • RETROVIR° (zidovudine)
1987 (Rev Prescrire n° 71)	LUTRELEF° (gonadorelin) • DECAPEPTYL° (triptorelin)
1986 (Rev Prescrire n° 61)	ZOVIRAX° iv and tablets (aciclovir)
1983 (Rev Prescrire n° 31)	LOPRIL° (captopril)
1981 (Rev Prescrire n° 10)	VACCIN HEVAC B° (hepatitis B vaccine )
No "Golden Pill" was awarded in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013.
1- Drug no longer on the market in France.