Medicine Price Transparency Under Scrutiny At Next World Health Assembly

At the forthcoming 72nd World Health Assembly, delegates will discuss a resolution calling for greater transparency on medicine prices.

Price tag — Pricing Transparency Likely To Be Discussed At The World Health Assembly

A resolution calling on World Health Organization member states to work together on increasing transparency in medicine pricing is likely to be debated at the next World Health Assembly later in the month. The resolution has been tabled by Italy, and has support from other European countries.

The aim of the resolution is to give the WHO director general “an authoritative mandate” to strengthen the organization’s work...