Will the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement undermine the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?
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Will the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement undermine the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) contains major concessions to the US pharmaceutical industry that may undermine the egalitarian principles and operation of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and substantially increase the costs of medicinal drugs to Australian consumers. AUSFTA's approach to the PBS excessively emphasises the need to reward manufacturers of "inno...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06264.x