Global Pharmaceutical Development and Access: Critical Issues of Ethics and Equity
Agustín Lage Dávila, Director of the Molecular
MEDICC Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine - Special Article
Available online at: PDF: http://bit.ly/nqFvZt
“……….The article presents global data on access to pharmaceuticals and discusses underlying barriers. Two are highly visible: pricing policies and intellectual property rights; two are less recognized: the regulatory environment and scientific and technological capacities.
Two ongoing transitions influence and even distort the problem of universal access to medications: the epidemiologic transition to an increasing burden of chronic non-communicable diseases; and the growing role of biotechnology products (especially immunobiologicals) in the pharmacopeia.
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MEDICC Review Vol. 13, No 3 July, 2011
New issue now online: Achieving Universal Health Care: http://bit.ly/cjKeVZ
Table of Contents
Editorial: Equity Matters
Interview
Roundtable: Revisiting Innovative Leaders in Medical Education
André-Jacques Neusy and Bjorg Palsdottir
Feature
Cuban Maternity Homes: A Model to Address At-Risk Pregnancy
Conner Gorry
Original Research
Intentional Injury in Young People in
Linh Cu Le and Robert W. Blum
Gladys Abreu, et al.
Perspective
Raising the Profile of Participatory Action Research at the 2010 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Rene Loewenson, et al.
Population-Level Approaches to Universal Health Coverage in Resource-Poor Settings: Lessons from Tobacco Control Policy in
Hideki Higashi, et al.
Health Systems in an Interconnected World: A View from
Seye Abimbola
Hailom Banteyerga
Making the Right to Health a Reality for
Innovation, Decentralization and Equity
Vera Coelho and Alex Shankland
Impact of Court Rulings on Health Care Coverage: The Case of HIV/AIDS in
Ana Cristina González and Juanita Durán
Abstracts
Cuban Research in Current International Journals
Viewpoint
Sumak Kawsay:
César Hermida
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