Biologic medicine inclusion in 138 national essential medicines lists.

Raphaël KrausRae S M YeungNavindra Persaud

Published in: Pediatric rheumatology online journal (2021)

Biologic DMARDs are excluded from most national EMLs. By comparison, conventional DMARDs are widely included. Countries with higher health spending and longer life expectancy are more likely to list biologics.

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