Pricing, Manufacturing & Distribution: This Technical Area addresses how each company’s pricing policies and approach to supply chain and packaging issues impact access to medicine in Index Countries. The main topics under this area are the company’s approaches to equitable pricing (e.g. through tiered pricing schemes). It also investigates a company's criteria for applying for market approval or WHO pre-qualification in Index Countries, its methods of quality assurance for product delivery, and its approaches to distribution and packaging in Index Countries.