A new entity for the negotiation of public procurement prices for patented medicines in Mexico

PROBLEM: As countries expand health insurance coverage, their expenditures on medicines increase. To address this problem, WHO has recommended that every country draw up a list of essential medicines. Although most medicines on the list are generics, in many countries patented medicines represent a...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Main Authors: Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Veronika J Wirtz, Michael R Reich, Paulina Terrazas, Maki Ortiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2012-10-01
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862012001000014&lng=en&tlng=en