Governments should give tax exemptions to produce and sell vaccines at low cost. Aleem M A. Hakkim A M. BMJ 2016;355:i6173

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Fair vaccine pricing please, not random acts of charity

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6173 (Published 23 November 2016)

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Re: Fair vaccine pricing please, not random acts of charity

 

Governments should give tax exemptions to produce and sell vaccines at low cost

Cost effective vaccines products are needed at present fir everyone everywhere in the world. In India, the government is supplying all vaccines free of cost in all government hospitals. So pharmaceutical companies, governments and non governmental organisations should contribute to reducing the cost of vaccines and make arrangements to sell those vaccines at low cost. Governments should give tax exemptions to reduce the cost of vaccine productions and sales to promote supply of low cost effective vaccines.

Competing interests: No competing interests

24 November 2016

M A Aleem

Neurologist

A M Hakkim

ABC Hospital. DSMCH

Annamalainagar Trichy 620018 . Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital Perambalure 621122 Tamilnadu India

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