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The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines

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  • Paul N Newton
  • Abdinasir A Amin
  • Chris Bird
  • Phillip Passmore
  • Graham Dukes
  • Göran Tomson
  • Bright Simons
  • Roger Bate
  • Philippe J Guerin
  • Nicholas J White

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Paul Newton and colleagues argue that public health, and not intellectual property or trade issues, should be the prime consideration in defining and combating counterfeit medicines, and that the World Health Organization (WHO) should take a more prominent role.

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  • Paul N Newton & Abdinasir A Amin & Chris Bird & Phillip Passmore & Graham Dukes & Göran Tomson & Bright Simons & Roger Bate & Philippe J Guerin & Nicholas J White, 2011. "The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(12), pages 1-5, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001139
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001139
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    1. Roger Bate & Ginger Zhe Jin & Aparna Mathur, 2015. "Falsified or Substandard? Assessing Price and Non‐price Signals of Drug Quality," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(4), pages 687-711, October.
    2. Stephanie Kovacs & Stephen E Hawes & Stephen N Maley & Emily Mosites & Ling Wong & Andy Stergachis, 2014. "Technologies for Detecting Falsified and Substandard Drugs in Low and Middle-Income Countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(3), pages 1-11, March.
    3. Roger Bate & Ginger Zhe Jin & Aparna Mathur, 2012. "Counterfeit or Substandard? Assessing Price and Non-Price Signals of Drug Quality," NBER Working Papers 18073, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Harparkash Kaur & Elizabeth Louise Allan & Ibrahim Mamadu & Zoe Hall & Ogochukwu Ibe & Mohamed El Sherbiny & Albert van Wyk & Shunmay Yeung & Isabel Swamidoss & Michael D Green & Prabha Dwivedi & Mari, 2015. "Quality of Artemisinin-Based Combination Formulations for Malaria Treatment: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Poor Quality Medicines in Public Facilities and Private Sector Drug Outlets in Enugu, Niger," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(5), pages 1-13, May.

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