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How an Indian Government Policy Backfired: Prescription Drug Price Regulations Led to More Marketing for Unregulated Medications

How an Indian Government Policy Backfired: Prescription Drug Price Regulations Led to More Marketing for Unregulated Medications

Update: 2024-11-07
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A new Journal of Marketing study shows how India aimed to make essential medicines more affordable but inadvertently ended up reducing drug sales.




Read an in-depth recap of this research here: https://www.ama.org/2024/06/04/how-an-indian-government-policy-backfired-prescription-drug-price-regulations-led-to-more-marketing-for-unregulated-medications/




Read the full Journal of Marketing article here: https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429241242685




Reference: Saravana Jaikumar, Pradeep K. Chintagunta, and Arvind Sahay, “Do No Harm? Unintended Consequences of Pharmaceutical Price Regulation in India,” Journal of Marketing.




Narrator: Adalgisa Butkewitsch


Acknowledgments: Sushma Kambagowni


Topics: regulations, drug prices, healthcare marketing




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How an Indian Government Policy Backfired: Prescription Drug Price Regulations Led to More Marketing for Unregulated Medications

How an Indian Government Policy Backfired: Prescription Drug Price Regulations Led to More Marketing for Unregulated Medications

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