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020			_a9781138191303
082			_a338.4761510954 _bJOS-P
100			_aJoseph, Reji K.
245			_aPharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy in Post-Reform India
260			_aNew Delhi _bRoutledge _c2016
300			_axviii, 231p.
440			_aCritical political economy of South Asia/C.P. Chandrasekhar
504			_aIncluded bibliography
520			_aThis book examines the impact of economic reforms in India on the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicines. It traces the changing production and trade pattern of the industry, research and development (R&D) preferences and strategies of Indian pharmaceutical firms, patent system alongside pricing policy measures and their shortcomings. It also analyses the public health financing system in India driven largely by out-of-pocket expenditure — about 60 per cent — and characterised by very high share of medicines in total health expenditure. A masterful insight into a topical area, the work will be indispensable to those working on pharmaceutical industry and public policy. It will be of interest to researchers, scholars, students, and policy-makers of economics, industrial policy, public policy, intellectual property rights and health financing
650			_aEconomic policy _vPharmaceutical policy _vPharmaceutical industry _vPharmacy--Research _zIndia
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