Following is a list of selected tools and publications developed through the experience of the Center for Pharmaceutical Management.

Books

Managing Drug Supply
Management Sciences for Health and the World Health Organization collaborated to produce this second edition of Managing Drug Supply, a comprehensive revision of the well-known textbook first published in 1981. Its 48 chapters provide a complete overview as well as step-by-step approaches on how to manage pharmaceutical systems effectively.

Managing Drug Supply Training Series, Second Edition
This series complements the new and revised text Managing Drug Supply: The Selection, Procurement, Distribution, and Use of Pharmaceuticals. Key topics are covered in 21 modules that may be easily adapted to meet the specific needs of trainers at all levels. Each module includes detailed trainers' guides with planning suggestions, activities, visual aids, and participant notes.

 

The Manager

Improving Drug Management to Control Tuberculosis
This issue of The Manager offers policymakers and managers of TB programs at all levels a practical, systematic approach to strengthening drug management so that TB drugs reach and are appropriately used by patients. It introduces the drug management cycle and describes how effective drug policies and laws can support this cycle. This issue also explains how specific improvements in drug selection, procurement, distribution, and use, as well as in management support, can help to maintain an adequate flow of TB drugs.

 

Tools

International Drug Price Indicator Guide
The International Drug Price Indicator Guide gives generic drug prices on the international market. Published annually by MSH since 1986, this practical guide provides a spectrum of prices from nonprofit drug suppliers and procurement agencies, based on their current catalogs or price lists. It is an indispensable reference for drug supply officers, essential drug program managers, and others involved in the procurement of pharmaceuticals.