Medicines Regulation as the Handmaiden in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Sri Lanka : the 60-year Journey

dc.contributor.author	Weerasuriya, K.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-12-13T05:06:07Z
dc.date.available	2024-12-13T05:06:07Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.citation	Weerasuriya, K. (2020). Medicines Regulation as the Handmaiden in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Sri Lanka : the 60-year Journey. Colombo Medical Congress 2020, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/7498
dc.description.abstract	Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do - Goethe Medicines Regulation is primarily for public health benefit and the pharmaceutical industry should operate under this umbrella. However, it is often diluted by considerations of the exorbitant profit and rent seeking of the industry. This presentation will discuss whether Medicines Regulation in ad hoc manner at the beginning (with Prof Bibile and Lionel the pioneers from the 1960s) and then through the Ministry of Health and now through the National Medicines Regulatory Authority has achieved "Medicines relevant to health care needs at affordable prices".	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo	en_US
dc.subject	Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Medicines Regulation	en_US
dc.title	Medicines Regulation as the Handmaiden in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Sri Lanka : the 60-year Journey	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US