Supplementary protection certificates and their impact on access to medicines in Europe: case studies of sofosbuvir, trastuzumab and imatinib

In recent years, there has been increasing pressure on public health systems in high-income countries due to high medicines prices, one of the underlying causes of which are the market monopolies granted to pharmaceutical undertakings. These monopolies have been facilitated by expanded forms of inte...

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Main Authors: Yuanqiong Hu, Dimitri Eynikel, Pascale Boulet, Gaelle Krikorian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-019-0198-6