Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 61
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According to the right-to-health framework, States are required to protect the population from unsafe and poor-quality medicines. Quality assurance for medicines includes such aspects as registration and marketing of good quality, safe and efficacious products under ethically and medically validated clinical trials, continuous regulation of the quality of production of medicines and prevention of sub-standard and spurious medicines from being sold on the market after registration.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2013
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/42, para. 61.