A research programme by the Access to Medicine Foundation
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Access to Medicine Foundation

The Foundation stimulates and guides pharmaceutical companies to do more to improve access to medicine. It is an independent non-profit organisation.
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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.

Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark

The first report to compare what pharmaceutical companies are doing to bring antimicrobial resistance under control. By highlighting where good ideas are being implemented, it encourages their wider uptake.

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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Media - published on 20 Nov 2018

Only a few drug makers are actively targeting medicines needed in poor countries

In this article, Ed Silverman of STAT news covers the results of the 2018 Access to Medicine Index: "A new report finds five large drug makers are doing most of the heavy lifting, but much of the R&D is focused on only five diseases, leaving many illnesses unaddressed."

The article refers to the pharmaceutical R&D priorities that have been identified for low- and middle-income countries and how companies are responding to these.   

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View our detailed overview of each company’s performance in the Index, including breakdowns of their product portfolios and R&D pipelines.