Policy document
May 2nd 2017

Enabling competition in pharmaceutical markets

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Brookings Institution
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The Brookings Institution is an American research group founded in 1916 on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C. It conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development. Its stated mission is to "provide innovative and practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans; and secure a more open, safe, prosperous, and cooperative international system."
Lysle Boller and Fiona Scott Morton
The United States, unlike many other industrialized nations, does not regulate the price of pharmaceutical products directly. There are advantages to this approach. The U.S. generic market is one o…

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Topics in this document

Medicine Health sciences Pharmaceutical sciences Health Pharmacology Healthcare industry Generic drug Pharmacy Health care Health policy Medicare (United States) Medicare Part D Medication Pharmaceutical industry Food and Drug Administration Orphan drug Biosimilar Pharmacy benefit management Life sciences industry Medicare Part D coverage gap Health economics Prescription drug Industries Public policy Insurance Business Drugs Economy Pharmaceutics Human activities

Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.b

Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all

Related COFOG Divisions

4: Economic Affairs 4.1: General Economic, Commercial, and Labour Affairs 7: Health 7.1: Medical Products, Appliances and Equipment

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