E-DRUG: Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral price reductions (11th Edition)
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Dear Colleagues,
At the bottom of this message, you will find links to the 11th Edition of
Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral price reductions, prepared by
Médecins Sans Frontières, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. The
11th edition has been released at the AIDS conference in Mexico and is also
available on our website in 4 languages; English, Spanish. French and
Portuguese.
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 should not be viewed as
a manufacturers' price list. In this 11th edition, all 22 U.S. FDA
approved ARVs are included.
Drug by drug, the report details the prices of ARVs quoted by both the
originator and generic manufacturers. Included is an analysis of the
evolution in the prices since the first edition. Key access issues for
developing countries, including specific comments on pediatrics, patents
and adaptability are highlighted for each product.
Today information on prices and access is more publically available and
continues to grow, so we are interested to understand how our document is
used and how we can make it better. Please help us make this as useful a
document as possible by filling out our readers' survey online.
Untangling the Web 11th Edition: English:
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/diseases/hiv-aids/Untangling_the_Web/Untanglingtheweb_July2008_English.pdf
Untangling the Web 11th Edition: Spanish:
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/diseases/hiv-aids/Untangling_the_Web/Untanglingtheweb_July2008_Espanol.pdf
Untangling the Web 11th Edition: Portuguese:
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/diseases/hiv-aids/Untangling_the_Web/Untanglingtheweb_July2008_Portuges.pdf
Untangling the Web 11th Edition: French:
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/diseases/hiv-aids/Untangling_the_Web/Untanglingtheweb_July2008_Francais.pdf
Untangling the Web survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=w4kNvXjNfiBUS4pWur5N1Q_3d_3d/
Kind regards
Karen
Karen Day
Pharmacist
Médecins Sans Frontières
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
Ph +41 22 8498408
www.msfaccess.org