About the Book: Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy in Post-Reform India
This 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 (RandD) 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
%-and characterised by very high share of medicines in total health expenditure.
A masterful insight into a topical area, it will be indispensable to those
working on pharmaceutical industry and public policy