Open AccessMalaria subsidy pilot soars, but some see turbulence ahead
Author(s) -
Amy Maxmen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nature medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.536
H-Index - 547
eISSN - 1546-170X
pISSN - 1078-8956
DOI - 10.1038/nm0512-634
Subject(s) - subsidy , malaria , turbulence , medicine , business , economics , geography , immunology , market economy , meteorology
KAMPALA, UGANDA — In 2010, a Kenyan drug importation and distribution company named Harley's Limited stopped ordering low-cost, mediocre malaria medications, and began ramping up its orders of high-quality ones—by about fourfold. Vinod Guptan, head of marketing at the Nairobi-based company, says demand shifted when the price of the best drugs…
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