# \[e-drug\] medicine prices

**URL:** https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-medicine-prices/8586
**Category:** e-drug
**Created:** [July 3, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-medicine-prices/8586 "2000-07-03T21:03:20Z")
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### Author: ![Dr\_Venkat\_Appaji\_P.V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@Dr\_Venkat\_Appaji\_P.V](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_Venkat_Appaji_P.V)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-medicine-prices/8586/1 "2000-07-03T21:03:20Z")

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E-drug: medicine prices  
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It is very important to have information on prevailing prices of  
medicines in different countries, particularly developing countries. I  
would like to know whether there is any publication or study paper on  
this subject. This would serve as a good policy input to many  
organisations engaged in the socioeconomic aspects of healthcare  
systems in different countries.

Dr. Appaji P.V.  
Director National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)  
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers  
Government of India  
e-mail: appajipv@vsnl.com

[The best way of going about this is to look first in the E-drug archives  
\<[http://www.healthnet.org/programs/edrug.html&gt;\](http://www.healthnet.org/programs/edrug.html&gt;%5C). There has been a  
lot of discussion on drug prices in developing countries; including on  
comparative information on drug prices of various non-profit suppliers  
in the world. If you do that, then you'll probable also bump into the  
recent E-drug posting in which MSH announced its www version of  
the International Drug Price Indicator Guide (on MSH's Manager's  
Electronic Resource Center Web site at \<[http://erc.msh.org](http://erc.msh.org)\>).  
Hilbrand Haak, E-drug co-moderator]

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