Patent challenges in the procurement and supply of generic new essential medicines and lessons from HIV in the southern African development community (SADC) region.
Abstract High medicines prices increasingly pose challenges for universal access to treatments of communicable and non-communicable diseases. New essential medicines are often patent-protected which sustains high prices in many countries, including in low- and middle-income countries. To respond to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40545-018-0157-7 |