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Western pharmaceutical companies can’t stop supplying essential medicines to Russia, but they can cease other business.
In some countries there appear to be mismatches between lists of essential medicines and lists of registered medicines.
The high cost of pharmaceuticals often means only the richest patients get lifesaving medicines. As coronavirus drugs emerge, it will require hard, creative work to ensure they’re available to all.
Recently passed legislation will ensure pharmaceutical companies report shortages of medicines. This is only about notifications. It won’t prevent medicine shortages themselves.
In Uganda, essential medicines are not being stocked at facilities that need them most. This includes drugs to treat chronic diseases.
India’s laissez-faire attitude to drug regulation is a serious threat to global efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
Like the essential medicines list which sets out the drugs each country should have at affordable prices, an essential diagnostics list would detail diagnostic tests for those who need them.
Hollywood may already have done it but when we eventually send real astronauts to Mars, what medicines should we arm them with? And will they work the same way as they do on Earth?
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Assistant Professor, Director of Point-of-Care Testing and Associate Director of Chemical Pathology, University of Michigan
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Associate research scientist in Epidemiology, Yale University
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Professor in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Reader in Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Education, Queen Mary University of London
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University
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Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher, Newcastle University
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Researcher, University of South Africa
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Junior doctor at the Royal Free Hospital, London
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Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne