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Access to Drugs for Treatment of Noncommunicable Diseases

Thomas Bollyky explains the emerging controversy over patented medicines for noncommunicable diseases and their affordability in developing countries. Another transformation in global health is required that focuses on low-cost interventions and patient-centered, rather than country-focused, strateg...

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Autor principal: Bollyky, Thomas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3720246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23935456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001485
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Sumario:Thomas Bollyky explains the emerging controversy over patented medicines for noncommunicable diseases and their affordability in developing countries. Another transformation in global health is required that focuses on low-cost interventions and patient-centered, rather than country-focused, strategies. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary