TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sakthivel,S.
AU  - Abrol,Dinesh
AU  - Gopakumar,K.M.
ED  - Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (New Delhi, India)
TI  - Access to medicines in India
SN  - 9789332701441
U1  - 338.4761510954 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Academic Foundation
KW  - Pharmaceutical industry
KW  - India
KW  - Pharmaceutical policy
KW  - Drug accessibility
KW  - Health services accessibility
N1  - Contributed articles
N2  - This book is a detailed look at the critical barriers to access to medicines in India despite the country ascending towards the role of “pharmacy of the global south.” It highlights several themes, considered as impediments to access to medicines while at the same time proposing viable policy options. Some of these themes include inadequate investment in public health care, inefficient and unreliable procurement and distribution of drugs, unaffordable drug prices and pharmaceutical patents. The book calls for scaling up investment and to replicate the success of a centralized procurement and decentralized distribution model of drugs, as in the state of Tamil Nadu, which will pave the way for universal access to essential medicines in India
ER  -