In low and middle-income countries, around 17.6 million people each year die of treatable infectious diseases, reproductive health issues, and childhood illnesses. Millions more experience poor quality of life from chronic diseases.
The high costs of developing innovator drugs means that those treatments are often out of reach for least developed and developing countries, and even in developed countries. Affordable generics offer one major solution to this monumental problem. As such, some governments have used compulsory licensing to secure generics, if a voluntary license is not forthcoming.
However, with more patent owners recognizing that market access has shareholder value as well as patient benefits, voluntary licenses are becoming increasingly desirable. Generics as a Vehicle to Improve Market Access summarises different approaches to providing generics as a route to improve market access and evaluates the impacts of these strategies.
This report features exclusive perspectives from key people in the field of market access, including representatives from the pharmaceutical and generics industries, consultants specialising in generics and market access, and individuals from independent market access organisations, such as a voluntary licensing model.
Key features of Generics as a Vehicle to Improve Market Access include:
The comprehensive report summarises the key issues around this important subject, and provides a wealth of pertinent tables, charts, and data points from sources such as the Access to Medicine Index, as well as a robust set of references, all in one convenient document.
As well as a detailed exploration of ways in which generics can improve market access, the report offers insights into other mechanisms, such as differential pricing and price-cutting, branded generics, distribution and organisational changes, and even drug donations. This report will help you to:
Generics as a Vehicle to Improve Market Access answers key questions including:
”Market access is a major ethical dilemma,” Asa Cox, founder, Generic Pharma 2.0 & New Pharma Mag.
”According to UNAIDS, there are around 34 million people living with AIDS, and the vast majority of them don’t have access to medicines,” Kaitlin Mara, communications manager, Medicines Patent Pool.
”Virtually all countries have been affected by the economic crisis, and healthcare spend is under increased scrutiny … In this context, the attractiveness of generic pharmaceuticals is bound to increase,” Rachid Ezzikhe, deputy corporate marketing officer, Tabuk Pharmaceutical.
”We need to be thinking of ways to build on each other's inventions, using licensing, royalty payments and whatever other mechanisms are at our disposal.” Peter Maybarduk, program director - Access to Medicines, Public Citizen.
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