High pharmaceutical prices restrict access to essential medicines. New medicines are often patent protected which sustains prices well above the cost of production. This problem was particularly apparent during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the late 1990s. At this time, 40 million people were believed to be infected with HIV in the developing world and only one in a thousand had access to the required antiretroviral medicines (ARVs). This situation led to conflicts regarding patents for HIV medicines, only a few years after the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. TRIPS established international standards to protect intellectual property, including a 20-year patent protection for medicines.
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Generics
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- FDA approves generic teriparatide and levetiracetam
- US generics launch and approval for Dr Reddy’s and Lupin
- Five Chinese companies join UN’s MPP for Covid-19 medicines
- South Korean companies to make generic Bridion and COVID-19 drugs
Research
- Japan’s drug shortage crisis: challenges and policy solutions
- Saudi FDA drug approvals and GMP inspections: trend analysis
- Generic medications in the Lebanese community: understanding and public perception
- Community pharmacists’ understanding of generic and biosimilar drugs: Lebanon case study
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Biosimilars
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- EC approves eight biosimilars, eight more await final authorization
- Canada approves first omalizumab biosimilar Omlyclo
- EMA recommends approval for tocilizumab biosimilar Avtozma and filgrastim biosimilar Zefylti
- Ustekinumab biosimilars Yesintek, Steqeyma, and Otulfi approved by FDA, EMA and Health Canada
Research
- Positive safety and efficacy primary endpoint results for AVT05 (golimumab proposed biosimilar)
- Are interchangeable biosimilars at risk?
- Comparative efficacy studies: where are we now?
- Pertuzumab biosimilar HLX11 meets primary endpoint in phase III comparative clinical study
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