2022 Access to Medicine Index
Date
15 November 2022
Every two years, the Index assesses companies on their performance on priority access-to-medicine topics, while identifying best practices and examples, and highlights areas where progress has been made and areas where critical action is required.
The 2022 Index looks at companies' products and R&D projects for 83 diseases, conditions and pathogens that have been identified as the most critical priorities regarding access to medicine. These 20 companies are assessed, scored and ranked based on 31 metrics spanning R&D, governance, pricing and supply.
What's in the 2022 report?
Companies approach access to medicine more systematically, yet show stagnation in some key areas
The Index finds progress in how companies are integrating access to medicine into governance structures, R&D processes, and monitoring efforts. However, despite this progress, low-income countries are still widely overlooked.
"The 2022 Index finds that industry-wide improvement in planning for access and expanding access strategies still overlooks low-income countries. Companies must consider the depths of their plans, strength of their supply chains, and equity of their pricing strategies to reach the most vulnerable populations."