E-DRUG: Electronic Update for 'Untangling the Web of Price Reductions'
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Dear Colleagues,
At the bottom of this message, you will find a link to both the Electronic
Update for the 10th Edition of Untangling the Web of price reductions: a
pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries (September
Revision), and the document itself, prepared by Médecins Sans Frontières,
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.
The Untangling the Web document was first published in response to the lack
of transparent and reliable information about prices of pharmaceutical
products on the international market. The purpose of the document is to
provide information to help purchasers make informed decisions when
purchasing ARVs. The report is a pricing guide and can not be viewed as a
manufacturers' price list.
Drug by drug, the report details the prices of ARVs quoted by companies,
both originator and generic manufacturers. It provides an analysis of the
evolution in the prices since the first edition and focuses on some of the
key access issues for each product in developing countries.
The objective of the electronic update is to have a flexible way of
including all the new information on products and prices in real time and
will be posted every time new information is obtained from companies. The
Untangling the Web document will continue to be updated and published
annually.
Electronic Update
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/diseases/hiv-aids/UTW_update_18_02_08.pdf
English Version; Untangling the Web 10th Edition ( September revision):
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/diseases/hiv-aids/UTW10_RSep_horizontal.pdf
French Version; Untangling the Web 10th Edition ( September revision):
Kind regards,
Karen
Karen Day
Pharmacist
Médecins Sans Frontières
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
Ph +41 22 8498408
e-mail: Karen.DAY@geneva.msf.org
www.accessmed-msf.org