Title: Global pharmaceutical policy
Description: Pharmaceuticals play a central role in health care throughout the world. The pharmaceutical industry is beset with difficulties as increasing research and development expenditure yields fewer new treatments. Public and private budgets strain under the weight of high prices and limited access. The world's poor see little effort to address diseases prevalent in less affluent societies, while the world's wealthy are overusing prescription drugs, risking their health and wasting resources.
Subjects: Drugs, International cooperation, Law and legislation, Pharmaceutical policy, Pharmacy, Drugs, law and legislation, Pharmacy, law and legislation, Drug Industry, Legislation & jurisprudence, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Economics, Pharmacy Legislation