# E-DRUG: Economics of antiretroviral manufacturing (cont'd) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [April 17, 1998, 6:44am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-economics-of-antiretroviral-manufacturing-contd/2463 "1998-04-17T06:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rob\_Verhage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@Rob\_Verhage](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Rob_Verhage)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 1998, 6:44am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-economics-of-antiretroviral-manufacturing-contd/2463/1 "1998-04-17T06:44:00Z")
E-drug: Economics of antiretroviral manufacturing (cont'd) ----------------------------------------------------- In reaction to the E-drug contribution of Chris Green on production of ARV drugs in developing countries, I believe his reasoning is correct and I can add the "know-how" as another element necessary for production. This may be a very costly aspect here. > From a PHC point of view the approach to prevent HIV-infection is still priority policy in developing countries. By investing more in this approach, results may become better. On the other hand I am surprised that minimal or no discussion is taking place in developing countries themselves on how to make ARV-drugs available to the people. Is it another burden when most essential drugs are not available anyway? I think that availability of ARV drugs is in principle not a different problem than general availability of essential drugs. And we know about the policy and options of that problem, as we work on it every day. It should be treated no different, I think. Which would mean that discussions should take place to add the drugs in the Essential Drug Lists or not, etc.. Best regards, Rob Verhage Procurement Advisor Ministry of Health Accra, Ghana E-mail: 106573.3254@compuserve.com -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.