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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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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.

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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Published on 15 Feb 2021
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Fortune: Gasping for breath: Covid-19 exposes medical oxygen crisis and need for industry action

In this viewpoint for Fortune Magazine, Access to Medicine Foundation Executive Director Jayasree K. Iyer addresses the urgent need for medical oxygen in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), examining the role of pharmaceutical companies and how existing needs amplified due to COVID-19.

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4 principles for urgent pharma action to combat COVID-19

Drawing on the findings from the 2021 Access to Medicine Index, the Norwegian government, which co-chairs the Facilitation Council of the ACT-Accelerator, has proposed four principles for urgent pharma action to ensure equity to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Publication

2021 Access to Medicine Index

The 7th Access to Medicine Index provides a finely detailed picture of pharma action to improve access to life-saving medicines, vaccines and diagnostics for people in low- and middle-income countries. 
News

Bridging the gap in access to oxygen: Foundation co-hosts roundtable that identifies 10 key actions

On 25 September 2020, the Access to Medicine Foundation and the Every Breath Counts Coalition co-hosted a first-of-its-kind virtual roundtable with industry, investors, and global health agencies to explore opportunities to increase access to medical oxygen in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Oxygen is critical in the treatment of pneumonia, which claims the lives of more than 672,000 children under 5 every year. Further, one in five COVID-19 patients will each need access to oxygen in vast quantities.

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