Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
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Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Biography

Ondo ZG is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology. Ondo ZG's research interests include Medicine. Ondo ZG is serving as Faculty of Health Sciences. He/ She has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. Ondo ZG has authored of many research articles/books related to Medicine.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Regulatory Analysis of Mark-up Structure in Medicine Prices by the Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa
  Author(s): Ondo ZG*
  
  Access to medicines depends on a number of interconnected factors: Medicine prices, one of the most common factors can be affected by the manufacturer’s selling prices, duties, taxes, patent legislation and mark-ups along the supply channel. The South African government has passed price legislation prohibiting discounts and rebates in the pharmaceutical sector by setting a single exit price for all manufacturers and a fee-for service logistics fee for wholesalers, distributors and dispensing fee for retailers as compensation. In this study the South African mark-up structure related to medicine prices is going to be analysed because of its tribulations in implementing a transparent wholesale reform and the fact that it was once classified under the nine countries from the WHO African Region for analysis of data from their Medicines Prices Surveys. This Literature based-analysis .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2376-0419.19.6.203

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