5 billion people have access to medicine
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The Access to Medicine Foundation stimulates and guides pharmaceutical companies to do more for the people living in low- and middle-income countries without access to medicine.

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Our research programmes

Access to
Medicine Index

Ranks 20 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies based on their efforts to address access to medicine, including in strategy, governance, R&D and pricing. By publicly recognising the best performers, the Index spurs companies to compete to be the best.

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Antimicrobial
Resistance Benchmark

Tracks what the 30 most active companies in antimicrobial R&D and manufacturing are doing to bring antimicrobial resistance under control. By assessing the level of action, it provides a reality check on progress against AMR.

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Access to
Vaccines Index

Reports what vaccine companies are doing to ensure all children can be immunised wherever they live. By uncovering what is working and where, this Index helps ensure vaccine markets also reach the poorest and most remote communities.

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Event - 08 Nov 2021

FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference

On Monday 8 November 2021, Margo Warren will join the Financial Times' virtual Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference to discuss pharma pipelines.

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Publication - 10 Jun 2021

Biotechs are saving the world from superbugs. Can they also save themselves?

Despite accounting for 75% of all late-stage antibiotics and antifungals in development, smaller companies often face funding shortfalls and bankruptcy, leaving promising new drugs stranded on the lab bench.

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What leaders say

"The Access to Medicine Index is a very important project. What gets measured, gets done."

Dr. Margaret Chan

Former Director General, World Health Organisation

"When I talk to executives from pharmaceutical companies they tell me that they want to do more for neglected diseases, but they at least need to get credit for it. The Access to Medicine Index does exactly that."

Bill Gates

Co-chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"I’ve been impressed by the Access to Medicine Index. It presents well-balanced stakeholder views on good practices for the pharmaceutical industry and it provides clear standards against which the performance of individual companies can be judged."