Rare essentials: drugs for rare diseases as essential medicines

Since 1977, the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), published by WHO, has provided advice for Member States that struggle to decide which pharmaceutical technologies should be provided to patients within their public health systems. Originating from outside WHO, an incentive system has been...

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Main Authors: Pieter Stolk, Marjolein JC Willemen, Hubert GM Leufkens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-09-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000900018&lng=en&tlng=en