Relevance of variation in use of terminology to define generic pharmaceutical products
| Autor: | Elize Massard da Fonseca |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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legislación de medicamentos
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Drug Industry lcsh:RC955-962 Health Policy lcsh:Public aspects of medicine lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Guidelines as Topic lcsh:RA1-1270 World Health Organization industria farmacéutica Latin America Pan American Health Organization costos en drogas Therapeutic Equivalency política de medicamentos genéricos Terminology as Topic etiquetado de medicamentos Drugs Generic medicamentos genéricos Brasil América Latina Developing Countries Drug Labeling |
| Zdroj: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 113-117 (2015) Web of Science ResearcherID Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1020-4989 |
| Popis: | The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes the use of generic drug policies to foster competition in the pharmaceutical sector, reduce drug prices, and increase access to therapeutic drugs. However, little is known about how countries implement these policies. This article describes different terminology adopted by national regulatory authorities to define generic versus proprietary drug products in developing countries, including those in Latin America, and challenges that arise in their application of WHO guidelines, such as labeling issues. The author concludes that variation in generics terminology in these countries is a result of institutional context (i.e., the public sector setting as well as the body of laws and regulations that exists in the country) and policy legacies, such as intellectual property regimes, and highlights the need for further analysis of pharmaceutical regulations to improve understanding of the barriers and political implications of generic drug policies. |
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