Effect of voluntary licences for hepatitis C medicines on access to treatment: a difference-in-differences analysis
Summary: Background: Voluntary licences are increasingly being used to expand access to patented essential medicines in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Since 2014, non-exclusive voluntary licences have been issued by Gilead and Bristol-Myers Squibb for key drugs for hepatitis C viru...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-09-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19302669 |