Large number of people in developing countries "impoverished" by medicines

Sep 08 2010

• By Elizabeth Sukkar

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Researchers are calling for more use of generics, differential pricing by the R&D pharma industry and even compulsory licensing after a study looking at the prices of four medicines and the income levels of people living in 16 poor countries found a large portion of their populations (up to 86%) would be "impoverished" should they need to purchase one of the four treatments.

Researchers are calling for more use of generics, differential pricing by the R&D pharma industry and even compulsory licensing after a study looking at the prices of four medicines and the income levels of people living in 16 poor countries found a large portion of their populations (up to 86%) would be "impoverished" should they need to purchase one of the four treatments.

The study was prepared by researchers from World Health Organization, the Erasmus University in the Netherlands and the NGO Health...

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