A government could announce a target tomorrow. Australia will aim to invest 0.7 per cent of GDP in medicines by 2036–37. It could include that objective in an industry agreement, an innovation strategy or a Budget statement. None of those would make it happen.
Australia can set a medicines investment target, but how does it deliver?
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