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2024 ACCESS TO MEDICINE INDEX

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HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH HER LENS

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New methodology paves the way for the Foundation's 2026 AMR Benchmark

Pharma companies still not maximising their potential to reach more patients in low- and middle-income countries

Briefing for High-Level Meeting on NCDs at UN General Assembly 2024

What the 4th High-level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs should prioritise when engaging the pharmaceutical industry

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Featured Key findings

Pharma companies are taking steps to address access in low-income countries, but significant gaps remain

19 November 2024

Featured Key findings

Efforts to ramp up wider local availability of medicines through voluntary licensing and technology transfers are limited

19 November 2024

2024 Index finds industry performs well on policy, but lags in practice

19 November 2024

Patients in low- and middle-income countries largely left out of clinical trails, limiting access to new treatments

19 November 2024

Diabetes Care Programme

By assessing current industry practice and engaging key players to do more, we aim to drive improvements in access to diabetes care worldwide.

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R&D-based pharma companies

We encourage them to make their products accessible.

Generic medicine manufacturers

We empower the industry to become more responsive.

Medical gas companies

We stimulate the industry to ensure availability for treatments and procedures.

Diagnostic companies

We forge partnerships to unlock the potential of diagnostics.

Vaccine manufacturers

We guide them to improve access to immunisation.

Events and engagements

SHARING OUR INSIGHTS TO HELP DRIVE CHANGE

Panel discussion

Foundation to co-host roundtable discussion with Vizuri Health Dynamics on local manufacturing alongside 2025 WHA

Foundation to attend the ESCMID Global 2025

Foundation to host joint webinar on the 2024 Access to Medicine Index with Medicines Patent Pool and the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network

Featured Panel discussion

Foundation to co-host panel event with Helmsley Charitable Trust on access to insulin alongside 2025 World Health Assembly

Media coverage

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Op-ed: Trump aid shock underscores need for more made-in-Africa medicine

Op-ed: Climate displacement is also a health crisis

28 January 2025