Political, socio-economic and demographic overview
Mortality profile
The South African health services
Organisation of the health sector
The structure of the provincial departments
Health sector reform?
Proposed regulation of the medical insurance industry
Expenditure and financing
The pharmaceutical market in South Africa
The South African pharmaceutical market
Regulation
Intellectual property rights protection
South African Patents Act 57 of 1978
Medicines and related substance control amendment act 90 of 1997
Marketing authorisation
Trade policy and parallel imports
The overall environment
Access to medicines and trade disputes
Supply- and demand-side policies for pharmaceuticals
The national drug policy (1996)
South African Medicines and Medical Devices
Regulatory Authority Act, 172 of (SAMMDRA)
TRIPS and amendments to the South African intellectual property rights protection provisions
Pricing issues in the South African market context
Pricing of pharmaceuticals
Reimbursement of pharmaceuticals
Prescribing policies
Wholesaler and retailer mark-ups
Sales tax
Pharmaco-economic studies
Co-payment exemptions
The proportion of prescriptions not subject to co-payments
The sale of OTC products
Current issues in intellectual property rights protection
References