Regulating Pharmaceutical Prices in India Policy Design, Implementation and Compliance /

• Main Author: Bhaskarabhatla, Ajay (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: India Studies in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Health economics.; Globalization.; Markets.; Pharmacy management.; Economic policy.; Development economics.; Health Economics.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.; Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes.; Economic Policy.; Development Economics.

This book presents an extensive study on the effectiveness of recent regulations on pharmaceutical prices in India, exploring the weaknesses in the design and implementation of pharmaceutical price controls and investigating what can be done to fix the broken system. In addition, it examines the ext...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I. Historical Context and the Motivation for Regulation
• Brief History of Regulating Pharmaceutical Prices
• Is the 2013 Price Control Regulation Necessary?
• Part II. The Design of the 2013 DPCO Regulation
• The Proposed Design to Fix Ceiling Prices Under 2013 DPCO
• Challenges with Fixing the Ceiling Price Under the 2013 DPCO
• Part III. The Impact of the 2013 DPCO
• How Effective Are the 2013 DPCO Regulations?
• Firm Strategies to Mitigate the Impact of Price Control Regulation
• Part IV. Enforcement and Compliance
• Enforcement and Compliance with Price Ceilings on Essential Medicines
• Conclusion. .