Documents & Reports

Pharmaceutical Policy in Lebanon - Rapid Assessment and Recommendations (English)

The current multi-faceted crisis in Lebanon has affected all aspects of life, with a large part of the population now living in poverty. The health sector has been heavily affected by these developments...

Learning from Best Practices : An Overview of the Republic of Korea Pharmacovigilance System (English)

Building capacity in countries to conduct thorough surveillance of the use of all newly authorized drugs and vaccines, both brand name and generic, is a critical “public good” investment to ensure that...

Starting and Strengthening a National Pharmacovigilance System : The Case of Catalan Regional Activities that Propelled the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System (English)

The Spanish System of Pharmacovigilance (SSPV) started its activities almost 40 years ago, in 1985. Of particular interest to others considering various options for developing pharmacovigilance systems...

Positioning Report on Pharmacovigilance : The Value of Pharmacovigilance in Building Resilient Health Systems Post-COVID (English)

Although indispensable for improving health outcomes, medicines and vaccines or their administration and use can produce adverse effects, requiring continuous vigilance to ensure that the benefits outweigh...

Realizing a Regional Approach to Pharmacovigilance : A Review of the European Union Approach (English)

This report reviews the pharmacovigilance system of the European Union (EU) mapping out its structure and processes with any eye to features that may be of particular interest to decision makers in other...

Pharmaceutical Framework Contracting in Liberia - A Knowledge and Learning Exploratory Study (English)

Only 2.2 percent of Liberia's total annual public health spending is spent on essential medicines and medical commodities. This has been one of the main reasons for frequent stockouts of essential medicines...

Health Sector Maturity, and Diagnostic of Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Tanzania (English)

Tanzania has developed an industrialization policy to attain a middle-income economy through its National Five-year Development Plan (2021-22-2025-26). The Development Plan prioritizes innovation to enhance...

Содействие развитию конкурентоспособности в Республике Беларусь (Russian)

В Республике Беларусь имеется ряд естественно сформированных кластеров, играющих важную роль в развитии экономики страны. Эти кластеры не являются формальными структурами, а представляют собой группы взаимосвязанных...

Report on Cluster Potential and Strategies : Medicine, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology (English)

In January 2019, the Belarusian Ministry of Economy, the European Union (EU), and the World Bank launched the EU-Belarus Private Sector Development Program to support the government’s efforts to foster...

Promoting Competitiveness in Belarus : Recommendations for the Dairy, Information Technology, Instrument Making, and Pharmaceutical Sectors (English)

Several natural clusters have been important for Belarus’ development. These clusters are not formal entities. Instead, they are groups of interrelated companies, organizations, and service providers—linked...

Croatia - Value for Money in Spending on Pharmaceuticals : Draft Policy Note (English)

A closer look at the health financing situation reveals some trends that can be a cause for concern if not addressed in due time, for example, while significant funds flow into curative care, not much...

Report Assessing Cluster Status : Medicine, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology (English)

The government has invited the Union of Medical, Pharmaceutical, Scientific and Education Organizations (Medicine and Pharmaceutics—Innovative Projects) in Vitebsk to take part in this project. This cluster...

Отчет об анализе состояния кластера : Медицина, фармацевтика и биотехнологии (Russian)

Правительство предложило ИПК «Союз медицинских, фармацевтических и научно-образовательных организаций «Медицина и фармацевтика — инновационные проекты» в Витебске принять участие в данном проекте. Деятельность...

Africa - AFCC2/RI-African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization Project : P128332 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 09 (English)

Official Documents- GMRHI Grant Agreement, TF010846 and TF0A2289 (Closing Package) (English)

Kazakhstan - Health Sector Technology Transfer and Institutional Reform : P101928 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 07 (English)

Kazakhstan - Health Sector Technology Transfer and Institutional Reform : P101928 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 07 (English)

Kazakhstan - Health Sector Technology Transfer and Institutional Reform : P101928 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 06 (English)

Pharmaceutical reform : a guide to improving performance and equity (English)

This publication, which is based on the unique methodology and tools developed for the World Bank Institute/Harvard School of Public Health Flagship Course on Health System Reform and Sustainable Financing...

A practical approach to pharmaceutical policy (English)

This book discusses the wide range of challenges faced by policy makers in the pharmaceutical sector, presents the current know-how in terms of policy measures, and provides specific examples of policy...