E-drug: Re: EU & Tropical Diseases / Pharmaceutical R&D
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I think that this is an interesting issue. Much can be done in developed
countries as Patrice suggests. But what about in developing countries? At
the moment many of these new drugs for treating tropical diseases are
expensive because they are treated as luxury goods incurring duties, taxes
and special levies. Just as people are advocating for tax breaks to
encourage research, I think we should also be advocating for such
lifesaving drugs being exempt from duties, taxes and levies. This would be
another way of making these drugs available at an affordable price.
Richard Laing
Richard Laing Tel 617 414-1444
Associate Professor Fax 617 638-4476
Department of International Health E-mail richardl@bu.edu
Boston University School of Public Health
715 Albany St
Boston MA 02118-2526
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