27 de maig 2024

Els motius i les conseqüències de l'elevat preu dels medicaments

Prescription for the People

El contingut del llibre (orientat als USA):

Introduction

Part I

1. People Everywhere Are Struggling to Get the Medicines They Need

2. The United States Has a Drug Problem

3. Millions of People Are Dying Needlessly

4. Cancer Patients Face Particularly Deadly Barriers to Medicines

5. The Current Medicine System Neglects Many Major Diseases

Part II

6. Corporate Research and Development Investments Are Exaggerated

7. The Current System Wastes Billions on Drug Marketing

8. The Current System Compromises Physician Integrity and Leads to Unethical Corporate Behavior

9. Medicines Are Priced at Whatever the Market Will Bear

10. Pharmaceutical Corporations Reap History-Making Pro ts

Part III

11. The For-Profit Medicine Arguments Are Patently False

12. Medicine Patents Are Extended Too Far and Too Wide

13. Patent Protectionism Stunts the Development of New Medicines

14. Governments, Not Private Corporations, Drive Medicine Innovation

15. Taxpayers and Patients Pay Twice for Patented Medicines

Part IV

16. Medicines Are a Public Good

17. Medicine Patents Are Arti cial, Recent, and Government-Created

18. The United States and Big Pharma Play the Bully in Extending Patents

19. Pharma-Pushed Trade Agreements Steal the Power of Democratically Elected Governments

Part V

20. Current Law Provides Opportunities for Affordable Generic Medicines

21. There Is a Better Way to Develop Medicines

22. Human Rights Law Demands Access to Essential Medicines

Conclusion

Notes

Index