William Fisher & Talha Syed

Set forth below are links to the current drafts of the chapters of a forthcoming book. Citations to these materials should include the phrase, “(partial and preliminary draft).”

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Global Health Crisis

  • A. Increasing Threats
  • B. Persistent Inequality
  • C. The Scourge of Substandard and Falsified Drugs

Chapter 2: How Drugs Are Managed

  • A. Upper-Income Countries
    • Incentives
    • Quality
    • Access
    • Gaps and Conflicts
  • B. Low and Middle-Income Countries
    • Background
    • Incentives
    • Quality
    • Access

Chapter 3: Roles and Responsibilities

  • A. Global Obligations
  • B. Public and Private Actors

Chapter 4: Improving Pharmaceutical Markets

  • A. Expediting Approvals
  • B. Eliminating Substandard and Falsified Drugs
  • C. Reducing Pharmaceutical Hesitancy

Chapter 5: Differential Pricing

  • A. The Theory and Practice of Differential Pricing
  • B. Differential Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • C. Reform

Chapter 6: Voluntary Licensing

  • A. Successes
  • B. Failures
  • C. Lessons

Chapter 7: Adjusting Intellectual Property Systems

  • A. Developing Countries
    • Constraints
    • Flexibilities
    • Clearing the Path
  • B. Developed Countries
    • Constraints
    • De-Biasing
    • Respecting the TRIPS Flexibilities

Chapter 8: Carrots

  • A. Grants
  • B. Prizes

Chapter 9: Sticks

  • A. Rationale
  • B. Current Proposals
    • Mandatory Research
    • Price Regulation
    • Foreign Filing Licenses
  • C. Benefit Sharing
  • D. The Social Responsibility Index

Conclusion