Estimation of cost-based prices for injectable medicines in the WHO Essential Medicines List

Estimated costs of production and potential prices for the WHO Essential Medicines List

Introduction There are persistent gaps in access to affordable medicines. The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) includes medicines considered necessary for functional health systems. Methods A generic price estimation formula was developed by reviewing published analyses of cost of production for medicines and assuming manufacture in India, which included costs of formulation, packa...

A comparative analysis of the Libyan national essential medicines list and the WHO model list of essential medicines

AIM AND OBJECTIVES To examine the concordance of the Libyan Pharmaceutical List of Essential Medicines (LPLEM) with the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines 2009 (WMLEM 2009). METHODS The concordance between generic medicines listed in the WMLEM 2009 (standard reference list) and the LPLEM 2006 (comparator list) was evaluated. RESULTS The total number of Basic Essenti...

WHO to launch first essential medicines list for children.

Essential medicines for reproductive health: developing evidence based interagency list

OBJECTIVES Although poor reproductive health constitutes a significant proportion of the disease burden in developing countries, essential medicines for reproductive health are often not available to the population. The objective was to analyze the guiding principles for developing national Essential Medicines Lists (EML). The second objective was to compare the reproductive health medicines in...

Essential medicines for children: Should we focus on a priority list of medicines for the present?

Address for correspondence: B Gitanjali, Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry – 605 006, India. E-mail: [email protected] The Better Medicines for Children (BMC) initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) began in December 2007 as a consequence of the World Health Assembly resolution 60.20, when there was overwhel...