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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-019-0198-6 |