Pakistan’s first medicine price deregulation policy: assessing its impact on prices, affordability, and availability of oral anti-diabetic medicines in private pharmacies

IntroductionPakistan’s highest diabetes prevalence necessitates equitable access to anti-diabetic medicines. This study evaluated the access to Oral antidiabetics (OADs) and the effect of Pakistan’s recently launched price deregulation policy—applicable to medicines not included on the National Esse...

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Main Authors: Amna Saeed, Sundus Shukar, Najwa Ali Yasin, Caijun Yang, Minghuan Jiang, Muhammad Majid Aziz, Haris Zahoor, Muhammad Sunnan-Ud-Din, Yu Fang, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2025.1627735/full
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