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...

Since 2000, access to antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection has dramatically increased to reach more than five million people in developing countries. Essential to this achievement was the dramatic reduction in antiretroviral prices, a result of global political mobilization that cleared the way for competitive production of generic versions of widely patented medicines.Global trade rules...

This report outlines the content of a one-day workshop on Generic Medicines that was held at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal on 13(th) December 2010, which was attended by 32 delegates from different institutions in Nepal, including pharmacists, pharmacologists and medical doctors. Right medicine, right patient, right dose, right frequency and duration, right information and right monitor...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate general practitioners' (GPs) perceptions regarding access to medicines in New Zealand. DESIGN Qualitative. SETTING Primary care. PARTICIPANTS GPs. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES GPs' views and perceptions. RESULTS GPs were of the view that the current range of medicines available in New Zealand was reasonable; however, it was acknowledged t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate potential differences in the availability of medicines for chronic and acute conditions in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS Data on the availability of 30 commonly-surveyed medicines - 15 for acute and 15 for chronic conditions - were obtained from facility-based surveys conducted in 40 developing countries. Results were aggregated by World Bank country incom...