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.
Our 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.

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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All the latest news about the Access to Medicine Foundation, our research programmes and engagement activities. 

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08 Jun 2018

Access to Medicine Index gains first Japanese signatory investor

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings is the latest investor to publicly endorse the Access to Medicine Index, becoming the 68th signatory to the Index inves...

31 May 2018

Access to Medicine Foundation makes case for fixing the antibiotic market

Today, the Access to Medicine Foundation warns that antibiotic supply chains are on the brink of collapse, putting basic healthcare at risk, in a new...

18 May 2018

Foundation to co-host events at WHO World Health Assembly

Jayasree K. Iyer, Executive Director, will speak at two events being co-hosted by the Foundation at the 71st WHO World Health Assembly (WHA). On Tuesd...

19 Apr 2018

Work starts on metrics for the 2020 AMR Benchmark

The Access to Medicine Foundation has started the methodology review for the next Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark. The Foundation is consulting a w...

12 Mar 2018

Access to Medicine Foundation in India to discuss AMR strategies

India is home to more than a billion people, who face increasing rates of drug resistance. From 12-16 March, the Access to Medicine Foundation will be...

21 Feb 2018

New IP-sharing framework to accelerate R&D

The Access to Medicine Foundation has worked with BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) to develop a framework for identifying which IP assets are mos...

09 Feb 2018

Want to work at the Access to Medicine Foundation? We’re hiring!

The Access to Medicine Foundation started in 2003 with a single idea: to encourage pharmaceutical companies to compete to be the best at helping the w...

25 Jan 2018

Live WEF discussion with Bill Gates & Jayasree Iyer at 1pm CET: “New Era For Global Health”

Jayasree K. Iyer joins Bill Gates and others to discuss how new leadership, policy and business models are rewriting the global health playbook.

23 Jan 2018

The first Benchmark launches at the WEF in Davos

At 14:00 CET on Tuesday 23 January, Jayasree K. Iyer, Executive Director of the Access to Medicine Foundation, will launch the first Antimicrobial Res...

23 Jan 2018

Now published: first independent comparison of pharma companies’ efforts to address drug-resistant infections

Amsterdam, Davos, 23 January 2018 – The first independent analysis of pharmaceutical industry efforts to tackle drug resistance, published today, find...

19 Jan 2018

Watch the live launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark – on Tues 23 Jan

Starting at 14:00 CET on Tuesday 23 January, Jayasree K. Iyer, Executive Director of the Access to Medicine Foundation, will present the results of th...

12 Jan 2018

A look back at a year of vaccine announcements

Since we published the Access to Vaccines Index in March 2017, vaccine companies have reported a series of positive developments in their efforts to a...

04 Jan 2018

Why the Index is now researching access to cancer care

For the first time, in 2018, the Access to Medicine Index is looking at cancer. Writing in Cancer Control 2017, we describe why and how it has been br...

21 Dec 2017

First Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark will be published in January at the WEF, Davos

The Foundation will launch the first Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2018. It will be the first indep...

13 Dec 2017

How the Access to Medicine Foundation is raising the bar for Index making

The Foundation’s sixth Index cycle is proving to be its most innovative – this article provides a brief rundown of the groundwork laid for the next Ac...

30 Nov 2017

World AIDS Day: Foundation and CHAI publish paper on licensing ARVs to improve access

Approximately 20.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS now have access to treatment – out of an estimated 36.7 million people worldwide living with th...

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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.