Talk:Essential medicines
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History of the concept
- Laing, Richard; Waning, Brenda; Gray, Andy; Ford, Nathan; 't Hoen, Ellen (May 2003). "25 years of the WHO essential medicines lists: progress and challenges". The Lancet. 361 (9370): 1723–1729. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13375-2.
- Antezana, Fernando; Seuba, Xavier (December 2009). Thirty Years of Essential Medicines: The Challenge (PDF). Valencia: Farma Mundi. ISBN 978-84-932496-3-2. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:53, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Patent status
- Laing, Richard. "The patent status of medicines on the WHO model list of essential medicines" (PDF). wto.org. World Trade Organization. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- Brachmann, Steve; Quinn, Gene (12 September 2016). "95 percent of WHO's essential medicines are off-patent| Patents & Patent Law". IPWatchdog.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- Beall, Reed F (2016). "Global Challenges Brief Patents and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (18th Edition): Clarifying the Debate on IP and Access" (PDF). wipo.int. World Intellectual Property Organization. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:57, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Impact
IMS Health (April 2016). "Understanding the Role and Use of Essential Medicines Lists" (PDF). IMS Health. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:18, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Which list of essential medicines?
I was wondering if "essential medicines" was an ambiguous term, and that perhaps in addition to the WHO other organizations designated their own and different "essential medicines". I think it happens that individual countries can designate some medicines as essential for their region, if they like, and I think the WHO routinely recognizes this lists.
If there is ambiguity, then there could be a separate Wikipedia article for the "Essential medicines on the WHO model list". I think that would be the most defined way to have a discussion, because that is the list of medicines with the most version control. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:44, 31 March 2017 (UTC)