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Experts Lounge
Lessons Kenya can learn from the recent US pharma price hikes
Heated debates are ongoing in the world’ s super power, US over the sudden increase in prices of old offpatent drugs by very high percentages... page 6
Health Finance
Kenya among top contributors to Global Fund Against AIDS
Kenya has been listed among the top contributors to the Global Fund Against AIDS, Tuberculosis( TB) and Malaria in Africa after she announced a donation of Sh500 million towards the kitty...
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Ministry of Health refutes Audit report figures as inaccurate, says every expenditure lawful
The Ministry of Health( MoH) has denied taxpayers lost Ksh. 5 Billion at the ministry through misappropriation of funds and corruption as alleged by media reports.... page 14 haltons pharmacy
Pharmacy chain set to reduce cost, offer quality health care
The idea of operating a community pharmacy in Kenya seemed non-lucrative and abstract a decade ago, with low investor confidence in the business model... page 16
Cover Story
Parallel importation of drugs to lower cost of medication
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board( PPB) has made a bold decision to address what maybe the local pharmaceutical industry’ s most controversial issue, parallel trade in pharmaceuticals... page 20
6 November-December 2016