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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Main Authors: Bryony Simmons, MPH, Graham S Cooke, ProfFRCP, Marisa Miraldo, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19302669