Global Pharmaceutical Policy : Ensuring Medicines for Tomorrow's World


Frederick M. Abbott
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2009.
Omfang
1 online resource (320 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The challenges we face; 2. Promoting innovation: patents, subsidies, prizes and prices; 3. Policies on innovation: past, present and future; 4. The global regulatory environment: quality, safety and efficacy; 5. Medicines for the developing world; 6. The use of medicines: education, information and persuasion; 7. Regulation and the role of the courts; 8. Specialized policy areas: vaccines, biologicals and blood products; alternative and traditional medicines; self-medication; counterfeit medicines. - 9. The rich, the poor and the neglected10. Global and regional policies: the way ahead; Index. - Pharmaceuticals play a central role in health care throughout the world. This book looks at the issues surrounding global regulation of the pharmaceutical sector, and offers pragmatic suggestions for reform. This book is suitable for government policy-makers, members of industry, healthcare professionals, teachers, students and lawyers.
Emner
Drugs - Law and legislation
Pharmaceutical policy - International cooperation
Pharmacy - Law and legislation
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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ISBN
9781848440906

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