Talk:Essential medicines
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History of the concept
edit- Laing, Richard; Waning, Brenda; Gray, Andy; Ford, Nathan; 't Hoen, Ellen (May 2003). "25 years of the WHO essential medicines lists: progress and challenges". The Lancet. 361 (9370): 1723–1729. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13375-2.
- Antezana, Fernando; Seuba, Xavier (December 2009). Thirty Years of Essential Medicines: The Challenge (PDF). Valencia: Farma Mundi. ISBN 978-84-932496-3-2. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
Patent status
edit- Laing, Richard. "The patent status of medicines on the WHO model list of essential medicines" (PDF). wto.org. World Trade Organization. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- Brachmann, Steve; Quinn, Gene (12 September 2016). "95 percent of WHO's essential medicines are off-patent| Patents & Patent Law". IPWatchdog.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- Beall, Reed F (2016). "Global Challenges Brief Patents and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (18th Edition): Clarifying the Debate on IP and Access" (PDF). wipo.int. World Intellectual Property Organization. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
Impact
editIMS Health (April 2016). "Understanding the Role and Use of Essential Medicines Lists" (PDF). IMS Health. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
Which list of essential medicines?
editI was wondering if "essential medicines" was an ambiguous term, and that perhaps in addition to the WHO other organizations designated their own and different "essential medicines". I think it happens that individual countries can designate some medicines as essential for their region, if they like, and I think the WHO routinely recognizes this lists.
If there is ambiguity, then there could be a separate Wikipedia article for the "Essential medicines on the WHO model list". I think that would be the most defined way to have a discussion, because that is the list of medicines with the most version control. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:44, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
- Yes it is a general concept with national and regional lists. The WHOs list is most famous and many other lists are based off of it Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:24, 1 April 2017 (UTC)