Open AccessPolicies and measures implemented to reduce the impact of international sanctions on Iran's pharmaceutical sector
Author(s) -
Farideh Emami,
Abdol Majid Cheraghali
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
research in pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1735-9414
pISSN - 1735-5362
DOI - 10.4103/1735-5362.343081
Subject(s) - sanctions , economic shortage , psychological intervention , business , economic sanctions , pharmaceutical policy , public economics , health policy , health care , economics , medicine , economic growth , political science , law , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Continuous evaluation of the policies and interventions could explore their efficacies in improving the accessibility and availability of medicines in the local market. This study explained the health system policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the impact of the economic sanctions on the local pharmaceutical market and addressed the issue of whether these policies were able to improve patients' access to medicines.