Frederick M. Abbott, Edward Ball Eminent Scholar Professor of International Law, Florida State University College of Law, US and the late Graham Dukes, formerly MD FRCP LLM, External Professor of Health Policy Studies, University of Oslo, Norway

'There is a strong argument that people throughout the world have a right to receive the medicines they need in an appropriate, affordable, and timely way. Global Pharmaceutical Policy describes the laws, policies, and customs relating to the development and provision of medicines, identifies their strengths and weakness, and then proposes global solutions for getting things better. Here is a masterpiece written in a clear and elegant style. Together, Dukes and Abbott have experience and insight that are unrivalled.'

• Contents: Preface 1. The Challenges we Face 2. Promoting Innovation: Patents, Subsidies, Prizes and Prices 3. Policies on Innovation: Past, Present and Future 4. The Global Regulatory Environment: Quality, Safety and Efficacy 5. Medicines for the Developing World 6. The Use of Medicines: Education, Information and Persuasion 7. Regulation and the Role of the Courts 8. Specialized Policy Areas: Vaccines, Biologicals and Blood Products; Alternative and Traditional Medicines; Self-Medication; Counterfeit Medicines 9. The Rich, the Poor and the Neglected 10. Global and Regional Policies: The Way Ahead Index

Frederick M. Abbott, Edward Ball Eminent Scholar Professor of International Law, Florida State University College of Law, US and the late Graham Dukes, formerly MD FRCP LLM, External Professor of Health Policy Studies, University of Oslo, Norway

'There is a strong argument that people throughout the world have a right to receive the medicines they need in an appropriate, affordable, and timely way. Global Pharmaceutical Policy describes the laws, policies, and customs relating to the development and provision of medicines, identifies their strengths and weakness, and then proposes global solutions for getting things better. Here is a masterpiece written in a clear and elegant style. Together, Dukes and Abbott have experience and insight that are unrivalled.'

• Contents: Preface 1. The Challenges we Face 2. Promoting Innovation: Patents, Subsidies, Prizes and Prices 3. Policies on Innovation: Past, Present and Future 4. The Global Regulatory Environment: Quality, Safety and Efficacy 5. Medicines for the Developing World 6. The Use of Medicines: Education, Information and Persuasion 7. Regulation and the Role of the Courts 8. Specialized Policy Areas: Vaccines, Biologicals and Blood Products; Alternative and Traditional Medicines; Self-Medication; Counterfeit Medicines 9. The Rich, the Poor and the Neglected 10. Global and Regional Policies: The Way Ahead Index

Frederick M. Abbott, Edward Ball Eminent Scholar Professor of International Law, Florida State University College of Law, US and the late Graham Dukes, formerly MD FRCP LLM, External Professor of Health Policy Studies, University of Oslo, Norway

'There is a strong argument that people throughout the world have a right to receive the medicines they need in an appropriate, affordable, and timely way. Global Pharmaceutical Policy describes the laws, policies, and customs relating to the development and provision of medicines, identifies their strengths and weakness, and then proposes global solutions for getting things better. Here is a masterpiece written in a clear and elegant style. Together, Dukes and Abbott have experience and insight that are unrivalled.'

• Contents: Preface 1. The Challenges we Face 2. Promoting Innovation: Patents, Subsidies, Prizes and Prices 3. Policies on Innovation: Past, Present and Future 4. The Global Regulatory Environment: Quality, Safety and Efficacy 5. Medicines for the Developing World 6. The Use of Medicines: Education, Information and Persuasion 7. Regulation and the Role of the Courts 8. Specialized Policy Areas: Vaccines, Biologicals and Blood Products; Alternative and Traditional Medicines; Self-Medication; Counterfeit Medicines 9. The Rich, the Poor and the Neglected 10. Global and Regional Policies: The Way Ahead Index