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India’s Biggest Drugmaker Plans to Start Developing Its Own Medicines Opens in a new window)
Sun Pharma looks beyond generics.
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What Happened When an Indian Drug Company Offered Affordable AIDS Medication
Indian scientist Dr. Yusuf Hamied's proposal to cheaply manufacture and sell life-saving AIDS medications makes him "one of the great individuals of the 21st century".
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Push for Drug Pricing Transparency Strikes a Nerve With Industry Opens in a new window)
Ahead of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, an Italian draft resolution to end secrecy around drug pricing has already ruffled feathers.
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Group Of Developed Countries Seek To Delay Italian Proposal On Drug Price Transparency Opens in a new window)
A number of developed countries are working to delay a landmark proposal at the World Health Organization by Italy to increase transparency of drug prices and R&D costs.
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Big pharma can Only see the Benefit of R&D for Wealthy Markets Opens in a new window)
There is too little incentive for pharmaceutical companies to work on treatments for diseases of low-income countries.
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Congo Ebola Deaths Surpass 1,000 as Attacks on Treatment Centers go on Opens in a new window)
The WHO is already using another experimental vaccine made by Merck.
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The Global Pandemic May Have an End in Sight Opens in a new window)
Antiretroviral drugs stop HIV transmission, study shows — but can people afford them?
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Cholera Outbreak Declared in Cyclone-Hit Northern Mozambique Opens in a new window)
Cyclone Kenneth crashed into the province of Cabo Delgado on Thursday last week, flattening entire villages with winds of up to 280 kph (174 mph) and killing at least 41 people.
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Monstrous Rumors Stoke Hostility to Pakistan's Anti-Polio Drive Opens in a new window)
This dangerous hostility to immunization teams flared last week after religious hardliners in the city spread false rumors, raising a scare on social media that some children were being poisoned and dying from contaminated polio vaccines.
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No Time To Wait: Securing The Future From Drug-Resistant Infections
Report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Public Pay ➔ Public Say! Opens in a new window)
Hey Johnson & Johnson! Make this lifesaving TB drug $1/day to save more lives!
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Drug Price Transparency: 10 Countries Back World Health Assembly Resolution
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How We Are Developing Immunotherapies Relevant to Africa Opens in a new window)
For developing countries like South Africa, finding immunotherapy solutions is particularly important given the country's weak health system and the high cost of cancer drugs.
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Where was Differential Pricing at the WHO Fair Pricing Forum? Opens in a new window)
The complexity of the economics of drug development and lack of transparency about drug prices and R&D investments is infuriating many stakeholders.
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Cost of Cancer Medicine in South Africa
The cost of cancer medicine in South Africa is proving prohibitive to patients getting the care they need.
