Delivery past due: global precedent set under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime.
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Four years to the month after Parliament passed a law to enable the supply of lower-cost generic medicines to developing countries in need, the first exports are finally about to happen. In this article, Richard Elliott provides an overview of recent developments under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), and identifies key reforms needed to streamline the regime so that it can more easily be used to address public health problems in developing countries.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- HIV/AIDS policy & law review
دوره 13 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008