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

Tracks what the 17 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.

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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02 Oct 2020

Which information matters most? Transparency by Pharma that builds access to medicine plus trust and engagement

The world depends on the pharmaceutical industry for life-saving medicines and vaccines yet trust in the industry is low. Pharmaceutical companies hav...

16 Jul 2020

Tunnel vision or global outlook? Global pharma's dependency on the US

COVID-19 is a litmus test of whether health systems can pool assets and expertise and fairly distribute resources so that patients worldwide can benef...

09 Jun 2020

Progress against HIV, malaria and TB is under threat, putting children at risk. Here’s what is needed.

COVID-19 and drug resistance are threatening to derail the progress made against the HIV, malaria and TB epidemics. With the last mile in sight, great...

15 Apr 2020

Pharma’s path to 2030 captured in new framework for next Access to Medicine Index

The UN has called for a decade of action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and universal health coverage by 2030. Action by pharmaceutical...

14 Apr 2020

New products alone are not enough. Pharma can do more to halt COVID-19.

The COVID-19 epidemic will hit the most vulnerable people hardest. The pharmaceutical industry has a responsibility to do more than develop new vaccin...

20 Feb 2020

100+ investors endorse the Access to Medicine Index

Eight new investors have pledged support to the Foundation’s research and signed the Access to Medicine Index Investor Statement, taking the tota...

21 Jan 2020

Signs of progress against the superbugs, but not yet at the scale needed

The 2020 Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark evaluates how 30 pharmaceutical companies are limiting drug-resistance. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 21 Ja...

19 Nov 2019

Out in Jan: 2nd Benchmark of pharma companies' actions on antibiotic resistance and access

The 2020 Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark will be published in January next year. In this new report, the Access to Medicine Foundation will address...

29 Aug 2019

Foundation names Expert Review Committee for next Access to Medicine Index

The Foundation is pleased to announce the members of the Expert Review Committee for the next Access to Medicine Index, including six new members in 2...

22 Jul 2019

Pharma companies in Amsterdam for Foundation workshop on achieving access to medicine at scale

In its latest workshop, the Access to Medicine Foundation brought strategic leads from within pharmaceutical companies together with independent exper...

16 May 2019

New study from the Foundation analyses 10 years of data on pharma companies and access to medicine

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 16 May 2019 – In a new report published today, the Access to Medicine Foundation shows where pharmaceutical companies have...

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...

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