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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27 Sep 2018

Foundation hosts high-level meeting in Mumbai

On 5 September 2018, the Access to Medicine Foundation convened a group of executives from the pharmaceutical industry in India and globally, for a da...

14 Sep 2018

First Japanese asset owner signs the Foundation’s investor statement

The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company is the latest asset owner and the first Japanese life insurance company to sign the investor statement of the Acce...

28 Aug 2018

Foundation to convene high-level meeting in Mumbai on access to medicine and AMR

The Access to Medicine Foundation will be visiting Mumbai, India, next week for a one-day meeting with pharmaceutical companies to discuss strategies...

13 Jul 2018

Index added to new online toolbox for impact investors

The Access to Medicine Index and AMR Benchmark have been added to Navigating Impact, a new online resource centre developed specifically for impact in...

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...

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...

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.

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...

21 Apr 2017

The Access to Medicine Foundation has moved to Amsterdam

The Access to Medicine Foundation has outgrown its former office in Haarlem and moved to a larger space in Amsterdam.

13 Dec 2016

Foundation to track pharma company progress on AMR

The Access to Medicine Foundation has started work on a new tool – an Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark that will track how pharmaceutical companies...

01 Dec 2016

New analysis: large pharmaceutical companies are developing five HIV/AIDS medicines for children

For World AIDS Day 2016, the Access to Medicine Foundation has analysed the pharmaceutical pipelines for HIV/AIDS from 20 of the world’s largest pharm...

29 Nov 2016

Coming up: 2016 Access to Medicine Index to launch in UK at Houses of Parliament

On Tuesday 6 December, members of the UK parliament will co-host the UK launch of the 2016 Access to Medicine Index. The event will focus on UK-based...

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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.