Sentence The word "dtc" is an abbreviation of the phrase "direct-to-consumer".
It is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when referring to products, services, or advertisements that are marketed directly to consumers, without going through a traditional retail or distributor channel. Example sentence: Many companies are taking advantage of modern technology and are offering dtc products and services.
Ten drugs accounted for 41% of all DTC spending in 1999.This is creating branded-drug franchises, supported by line extensions that help to prolong patent life.
To be clear, for all its boldness, the FDA ban on 23andMe's direct-to-consumer (DTC) genomics service is predicated on sensible public health concerns.
Namibia has set up a DTC with De Beers to sort and value the country's production and sell a fraction of it to the 11 manufacturers it has licensed.
There is little doubt, though, that DTC is strengthening the industry's already tight grip on the market.
Generics currently account for barely a tenth of all drug spending in America.In response, drug companies argue that DTC informs and empowers patients, and that taking pills is still cheaper than going into hospital.
By last year, the figure had risen to $2.5 billion (see chart).Although direct-to-consumer advertising (known as DTC) has been legal since 1985, it took off only in 1997, after America's Food and Drug Administration FDAallowedwed pharmaceutical companies to name both the drug and the disease it treated in the same commercial without having to reel off every single side-effect too.
For now, the diamond industry should create over 3,000 jobs by the end of next year.A significant step in that direction was the opening in Botswana on March 18th of a Diamond Trading Company (DTC), a joint venture between De Beers, a big diamond producer, and the government.
It has told bankers that it is looking at tying Nasdaq-iX into America's DTC settlement system.
In 2006, when its mining licence and sales agreement in Botswana came up for renewal, De Beers agreed to open a DTC in Gaborone.
