Innovative Approaches to Increase Access to Medicines in Developing Countries

Frontiers in Medicine

Hilde Stevens¹ 

关键词: public–;    private partnership;    product development partnership;    intellectual property;    pricing mechanism;    access to healthcare;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2017.00218

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Access to essential medicines is problematic for one third of all persons worldwide. The price of many medicines (i.e., drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics) is unaffordable to the majority of the population in need, especially in least-developed countries, but also increasingly in middle-income countries. Several innovative approaches, based on partnerships, intellectual property, and pricing, are used to stimulate innovation, promote healthcare delivery, and reduce global health disparities. No single approach suffices, and therefore stakeholders need to further engage in partnerships promoting knowledge and technology transfer in assuring essential medicines to be manufactured, authorized, and distributed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in an effort of making them available at affordable and acceptable conditions.

【 授权许可】

CC BY