Priority medicines for Europe and the World: setting a public-health-based medicines development agenda

Using a global public health perspective for Europe and the world and based on the principle of equity and efficiency the report identifies gaps in the development and research of pharmaceutical technologies which are needed to meet the priority health care needs of the population but which have not yet been developed. Four criteria were used to determine the gaps: the burden of disease in Europe, its trend, common risk factors amenable to pharmacological intervention and the principle of “social solidarity”. The gaps are divided into three groups depending whether treatment exist, how effective it is and whether the delivery mechanisms or formulation are appropriate of the target population

Using a global public health perspective for Europe and the world and based on the principle of equity and efficiency the report identifies gaps in the development and research of pharmaceutical technologies which are needed to meet the priority health care needs of the population but which have not yet been developed. Four criteria were used to determine the gaps: the burden of disease in Europe, its trend, common risk factors amenable to pharmacological intervention and the principle of “social solidarity”. The gaps are divided into three groups depending whether treatment exist, how effective it is and whether the delivery mechanisms or formulation are appropriate of the target population