The WHO guideline provides recommendations for six policy interventions that countries can use to manage medicine prices:
1) Regulating mark-ups in the supply chain to incentivize affordable medicines.
2) Exempting essential medicines from taxation to improve access.
3) Replacing cost-plus pricing with alternative strategies like reference pricing.
4) Using external reference pricing as part of a strategy for negotiating prices.
5) Promoting generics through early market entry and multiple strategies to achieve low prices.
6) Using health technology assessment to support pricing decisions and in combination with reference pricing.
Key principles are adopting a combination of policies tailored to the context and making pricing transparent, supported, and regularly reviewed.
1) The document discusses Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification for pharmaceutical companies in ASEAN countries.
2) Companies can use the ASEAN Listed Inspection Service and the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC Scheme) to obtain GMP certification.
3) Certification requires companies to follow a risk-based approach and demonstrate that their manufacturing processes meet GMP standards. This helps improve product quality and safety.
The WHO guideline provides recommendations for six policy interventions that countries can use to manage medicine prices:
1) Regulating mark-ups in the supply chain to incentivize affordable medicines.
2) Exempting essential medicines from taxation to improve access.
3) Replacing cost-plus pricing with alternative strategies like reference pricing.
4) Using external reference pricing as part of a strategy for negotiating prices.
5) Promoting generics through early market entry and multiple strategies to achieve low prices.
6) Using health technology assessment to support pricing decisions and in combination with reference pricing.
Key principles are adopting a combination of policies tailored to the context and making pricing transparent, supported, and regularly reviewed.
1) The document discusses Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification for pharmaceutical companies in ASEAN countries.
2) Companies can use the ASEAN Listed Inspection Service and the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC Scheme) to obtain GMP certification.
3) Certification requires companies to follow a risk-based approach and demonstrate that their manufacturing processes meet GMP standards. This helps improve product quality and safety.