人们的药物,不是金融市场的药物
1Pharma fur Alle, Basel, Switzerland.
概括
制药行业的不当行为正在导致全球卫生危机. 药品价格上,药品短缺,抗生素开发滞后,以及获得药品的不平等,迫切需要政策解决方案来保护医疗保健系统.
科学领域:
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 制药经济学 制药经济学
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 制药行业的营销丑闻历来引起了人们的注意.
- 近年来,制药公司的新违法行为引发了重大挑战.
- 这些问题影响着高收入和低收入国家的医疗保健系统.
研究的目的:
- 突出最近制药行业实践中出现的多方面的危机.
- 强调迫切需要采取政策干预措施来保障卫生系统和患者获得药物的机会.
主要方法:
- 本研究是对制药行业最近的趋势和报告的问题进行审查和分析.
- 它综合了有关药品定价,供应链中断,抗生素开发和获取不平等的信息.
主要成果:
- 拯救生命的药物价格正在上.
- 基本药物的短缺越来越普遍.
- 新抗生素的开发不足以对抗耐药生物体.
- 在全球范围内,医药获取方面的差异正在扩大.
结论:
- 目前制药行业的做法对全球健康构成严重威胁.
- 政策制定者必须制定创新的战略来应对这些不断升级的危机.
- 迫切需要采取行动,以确保卫生系统的可持续性和公平获得药物的机会.
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