Antiretroviral manufacturers and the challenge of universal access to drugs through the Brazilian National STD/AIDS Program As empresas produtoras de anti-retrovirais e o desafio do acesso universal aos medicamentos do Programa Nacional de DST e AIDS

Antiretroviral manufacturers and the challenge of universal access to drugs through the Brazilian National STD/AIDS Program As empresas produtoras de anti-retrovirais e o desafio do acesso universal aos medicamentos do Programa Nacional de DST e AIDS

This article describes the antiretroviral (ARV) manufacturing market in Brazil and contextualizes the challenges for the public policy of supplying ARVs through the National STD/AIDS Program. Increasing expenditure on these drugs is the main source of uncertainty for the policy's future. Brazil...

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Main Authors: Regina Ferro do Lago, Nilson do Rosário Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2009-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Anti-Retrovirais
Assistência Farmacêutica
Indústria Farmacêutica
Anti-Retrovirals Agents
Pharmaceutical Services
Drug Industry
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