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Cost-Effective Healthcare – How Patent Framework Can Be Re-Designed To Help Fulfil This Objective, Mian Atif Saeed

Mian Atif Saeed

The issue of prices of medicinal products is not only limited to third world countries alone and it is now becoming relevant in developed nations too. Governments all over the world are being pressurised to address the issue of providing better healthcare to every citizen. In order to address this issue the payers are becoming more and more cost conscious and the industry is being pressurised on reducing the cost of medicinal products. However, we have not seen any industry friendly developments in the legislative and business framework in which pharmaceuticals operate. Instead, the framework in which pharmaceuticals operate is …