E-drug: Pricing Policies (cont'd)
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Dear Maryiam Khawaja
Information can be obtained from the following websites about medicine pricing
policies in different countries.
Medicine Policy in Netherlands
http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/article.asp?articleref=AR00000251EN
Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority (Australia)
http://www.health.gov.au/pbs/general/pricing/pbparpt.htm
Patent Medicine review Board sets the medicine prices in Canada.
http://www.pmprb-cepmb.gc.ca/english/home.asp?x=1
National Pharmaceutical pricing authority sets the prices in India,
http://www.medindia.net/buy_n_sell/pharm_industry/ph_orgainisation.asp
European Commission website has information about pricing policies of a number
of countries including France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom. Following is
the website.
http://pharmacos.eudra.org/
The Netherlands Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies
http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F3/g10/docs/tse/Netherlands.pdf
Australia
http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F3/g10/docs/tse/Australia.pdf
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies
http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F3/g10/docs/tse/NewZealand.pdf
Finland Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies
<http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F3/g10/docs/tse/Finland.pdf>
Sweden
http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F3/g10/docs/tse/Sweden.pdf
WHO website is also a good one to start with,
http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/ipc/drugpriceinfo.shtml
Wish you all the best.
Cheers
Zaheer
Zaheer-Ud-din Babar, MScPharm (Doctoral Fellow)
Senior Lecturer
School of Pharmacy
University College Sedaya International
11 Jalan Manis 1, Taman Segar, Cheras, 56100
Kuala-Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +6-3-91329326 ext 38
Fax +60-3-91329327
zaheerb@ucsi.edu.my