TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmaceutical industry, innovation and challenges for public health
T2 - Case studies from Malaysia and Pakistan
AU - Babar, Zaheer Ud Din
AU - Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed
AU - Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Ahmad
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - This study analyses the effect of pro-industrial pharmaceutical policies by the governments of Malaysia and Pakistan and their affect on public health. The study concludes that the pharmaceutical industry is not 'novel' and the desire to turn it into an important economic player is not being achieved. Governmental support given to the pharmaceutical industry is not a guarantee for access to and use of medicines as the issues such as promotion of branded drugs, self-sufficiency and high medicine prices still remain. New approaches are required to understand the competing interest between industrial policy and drug policy by including consumers and social scientist in this debate.
AB - This study analyses the effect of pro-industrial pharmaceutical policies by the governments of Malaysia and Pakistan and their affect on public health. The study concludes that the pharmaceutical industry is not 'novel' and the desire to turn it into an important economic player is not being achieved. Governmental support given to the pharmaceutical industry is not a guarantee for access to and use of medicines as the issues such as promotion of branded drugs, self-sufficiency and high medicine prices still remain. New approaches are required to understand the competing interest between industrial policy and drug policy by including consumers and social scientist in this debate.
KW - Innovation
KW - Malaysia
KW - Pakistan
KW - Pharmaceutical industry
KW - Public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859812546&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1759-8893.2011.00058.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1759-8893.2011.00058.x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84859812546
VL - 2
SP - 193
EP - 204
JO - Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
JF - Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
SN - 1759-8885
IS - 4
ER -
