E-DRUG: Just released: ACCISS Study in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
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Dear E-druggers,
On February 9, Health Action InternationaI (HAI) published a report entitled 'Access to insulin: current challenges and constraints' and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published a companion review 'Constraints and challenges in access to insulin: a global perspective
'<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(15)00521-5/abstra>\.
The report and review are the first stage of the ACCISS Study on access to insulin issues, being led by HAI in collaboration with David Beran from Geneva University Hospitals and the University of Geneva and Richard Laing from Boston University School of Public Health.
The underlining message in the report and review is that insulin remains out of reach for approximately half of those who need it.
While, as David Beran (lead author) is the first to admit, 'Insulin access is a complex challenge', there are clear issues that affect access to insulin. These include the global insulin market being dominated by three multinational manufacturers, import duties affecting the price of insulin entering different countries, and mark- ups, taxes and other costs in the pharmaceutical supply chain impacting patient prices in the public and private sectors.
Below are the links to the documents:
Download the report: Access to Insulin: Current Challenges and Constraints
<http://haiweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ACCISS_report_2015-final.pdf>
Download the review in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: Constraints and challenges in access to insulin: a global perspective
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(15)00521-5/abstract>
Listen to the podcast from David Beran
<http://haiweb.org/publication/david-beran-speaks-lancet-diabetes-endocrinology-insulin-access/>
If you would like to receive reports, fact sheets and other outputs of the ACCISS Study, please join our network here
<http://haiweb.org/what-we-do/acciss/acciss-network/>\.
Best regards,
Marg Ewen
Co-investigator, ACCISS Study
Health Action International
Overtoom 60 (2)
1054 HK Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Marg Ewen <Marg@haiweb.org>