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Drug procurement, the Global Fund and misguided competition policies
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In an effort to increase competition and decrease price, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recently began asking some grant recipients to use international competitive bidding processes for certain drug purchases. Unfortunately, for countries like Kenya, this request has caused more harm than good. After awarding the tender for its annual supply of the anti-malarial artemether-lumefantrine to the lowest bidder, Ajanta Pharma, Kenya experienced wide stock-outs in part due to the company's inability to supply the order in full and on time. Similar problems could arise in Uganda. Despite Kenya's experience, Uganda has awarded its next tender for artemether-lumefantrine to Ajanta Pharma. Uganda is already facing wide stock-outs and risks exacerbating an already dire situation the longer it takes to fulfil the procurement contract. A tender process based primarily on price cannot account for a company's ability to consistently supply sufficient product in time.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tren, R., Hess, K., & Bate, R.
- Affiliations
- American Enterprise Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tren, Richard
- ORCID
- Bate, Roger
- Venue
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 305-305
- ISSN
- 1475-2875 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2804689
- OpenAlex
- W2017577888
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 9.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Malaria Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Public Procurement and Policy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Keywords
- drug procurement, Global Fund, tendering, artemether-lumefantrine, stockouts, supply chain reliability, price competition, antimalarial drugs, Kenya, Uganda, procurement contracts
- MeSH terms
- Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination, Antimalarials, Drug Combinations, Ethanolamines, Financial Management, Fluorenes, Humans, Kenya, Malaria, Public Policy, Uganda, Artemisinins
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