This paper examines how equitable, differentiated pricing can improve access to and affordability of medicines …-based pricing techniques in combination with a non-linear function that captures national income parameters as defined in the Human … Development Index together with health system variables, the authors have developed an integrated pricing policy framework. The …

pharmaceuticals. While the main task of innovation-driven pharmaceutical companies is to develop high quality, innovative medicines … that address unmet needs, they can through their pricing policies influence the affordability of these medicines. Given … designing affordable pricing strategies. Since pricing is an important factor in the mix of activities to enhance access, the …

This article studies the pricing and advertising of prescription drugs in a duopoly market. If advertising is banned …-cost pricing and normal profits. The introduction of advertising, and physician-oriented advertising (detailing) in particular …, creates market power and asymmetric pricing and advertising behavior. In an equilibrium, one firm chooses maximum detailing …

Pharmaceutical Policy of 2002 covering issues of pricing, ,marketing, size of market, quality, production, investment …

integration; service levels; and pricing system. <p> Despite their apparent similarities the four national markets display many …

Pharmaceuticals Policy, 2005 has been necessitated due to several developments that have taken place during the course of last few … several other matters having a close bearing on the pharmaceuticals sector have also been included in the policy. …