Fixed-Dose Combinations for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria - Report of a Meeting Held 16-18 December 2003 Geneva
(2003; 199 pages) View the PDF document
Table of Contents
Open this folder and view contentsSummary: Observations and some ways forward
Open this folder and view contentsWelcome
Open this folder and view contentsFixed-dose combinations for tuberculosis: lessons learned from a clinical, formulation and regulatory perspective
Open this folder and view contentsProduct costs of fixed-dose combination tablets in comparison with separate dispensing and or co-blistering of antituberculosis drugs
Open this folder and view contentsFixed-dose combinations: artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria treatment
Open this folder and view contentsDeveloping combinations of drugs for malaria examination of critical issues and lessons learnt
Open this folder and view contentsSafety and long-term effectiveness of generic fixed-dose formulations of nevirapine-based HAART amongst antiretroviral-naïve HIV-infected patients in India
Open this folder and view contentsEffect of introduction of fixed-dose combinations on the drug supply chain: experiences from the field
Open this folder and view contentsEffect of fixed-dose combination (FDC) medications on adherence and treatment outcomes
Open this folder and view contentsEffect of fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs on development of clinical antimicrobial resistance: a review paper
Close this folderFixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs availability and use as a global public health necessity: intellectual property and other legal issues
View the documentExecutive summary
View the documentIntroduction
View the documentIPRs and Fixed-dose Combinations: Introduction to the “Anticommons Problem”
View the documentIPRs and Fixed-dose Combinations: The “Anticommons Problem” (II)
View the documentOvercoming IP/Legal barriers
View the documentBack to the Future: TRIPS, Public Health, Access to Medicines
View the documentRecommendations
View the documentConclusions
View the documentReferences
Open this folder and view contentsPharmaceutical development and quality assurance of FDCs
View the documentAnnotated agenda
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Conclusions

The “anticommons” problem for FDCs is one of ACCESS and this implicates other factors such as R&D funding mechanisms and global IP rules. Multidisciplinary approaches to the problem are required. The perceptions of the different IPR stakeholders have lead to the evolution of different kinds of transactions. For developing countries, IP-resource poor inventors, NGOs, and patients, creative ways are needed to reduce IPR transaction costs with regard to fixed-dose combination drugs.

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