Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy in Post-reform India

by Reji K. Joseph and Reji K.Joseph

Book Overview

This book examines the impact of economic reforms in India on the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicines. It traces the changing production and trade pattern of the industry, research and development (R&D) preferences and strategies of Indian pharmaceutical firms, patent system alongside pricing policy measures and their shortcomings. It also analyses the public health financing system in India driven largely by out-of-pocket expenditure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815375999
• ISBN13: 9780815375999
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"