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Is it possible to have fair pricing for medicines

Is it possible to have fair pricing for medicines

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Is it possible to have fair pricing for medicines

FromThe BMJ Podcast

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jan 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Is it possible to have a fair price for medicines? Yes, according to a new collection just published on bmj.com.

The authors set out to evaluate how we could improve the functioning of the market for medicines, to honestly compensate industry for innovation, whilst allowing the poorest to afford them.

Suerie Moon, co-director of global health at the Graduate Institute of Geneva joins us to explain what's wrong with how we decided what to pay for medicine's now, and how we could change that.

Read the full collection:
https://www.bmj.com/fair-pricing
Released:
Jan 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We aim to help doctors to make better decisions.