Access to medicines
Access to medicinesHRC REPORT: This update of the 2004 DFID study explains recent alignments between TRIPS and domestic laws in India and China and the practical implications for access to raw material and finished product supply of important medicines like tenofovir for AIDS and artemisinin combination therapies for malaria.
HSRC REPORT: This paper considers the short and longer term options for aligning supply and demand of artemisin-based combination therapy (ACT) for Malaria. This is set on a background of increasing pressure for countries to change their anti-malaria drug policy to ACT (Artemisin-based Combination Therapies), by the World Health Organisation. However, despite the fact that… Read more
HRC REPORT: This report reviews MMV’s(Medicine for Malaria Ventures) mission, governance structures, management and operations, factors contributing to its successes to date and challenges for the future. It also analyses the different public-private partnerships formed by MMV, looking at the benefits of partnerships between ‘academia, industry and the public sector’.
HSRC REPORT: This paper discusses the value-added of Advance Purchase Commitments, how they could be used alongside other incentives and investment approaches and the potential impact they might have on different types of product, stages of product development and types of firms, especially regarding health technologies in poor countries.It also highlights the different taxonomies used… Read more
HSRC REPORT:This paper is an introduction to the key issues and debates in access to medicines (ATM) and drug regulation in developing countries. It outlines the current debates in ATM and regulation as well as providing details of the evidence base, including detailed references of studies and papers which have focused on specific issues and… Read more
HSRC REPORT: This briefing paper documents a variety of technology transfer experiences in the pharmaceutical sector between developing and developed countries and analyses the motivations behind these agreements.
HSRC REPORT: This study extrapolates empirical cost data from Sub-saharan African firms to consider the conditions under which domestic production of drugs in a facility in Sub-saharan Africa would be feasible and profitable as a business enterprise, while at the same time, able to promote better access to quality medicines, at a price more affordable… Read more
HSRC REPORT: An overview paper of seven new studies commissioned by the Access to Medicines team at the Department for International Development which focused on issues of current concern and debate in developing countries. The paper also explores issues related to international trade, intellectual property and drug registration requirements. It explores how these policy trends… Read more
HSRC REPORT: This study describes the current context relating to access to medicines in Kenya , which currently obtains medicines from domestic and international sources. It also outlines the influence of TRIPS on availability of essential medicines in health centers in Kenya. It looks at how TRIPS flexibilities influence the importation of specific drugs and… Read more
HSRC REPORT: This study describes the current context relating to access to medicines in Malawi, including sources of supply and relevant existing legislation. It outlines future access scenarios, and suggests that current political will be capitalised upon and key ministries and institutions be supported in their access to medicines-related and broader TRIPs-related initiatives.
HSRC REPORT: This paper addresses varied ways by which a non-producing country may lawfully utilise TRIPS flexibilities, and looks at the internal and external forces which negatively affect non-producing countries’ ability and willingness to use TRIPS-compliant flexibilities.