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2022 Access to Medicine Index: special report

Assessing pharma companies’ response to COVID-19 and the threat of future pandemics

This Special Report, published as part of the 2022 Access to Medicine Index, examines companies' efforts to develop and deliver products targeting COVID-19, in terms of ensuring access to lifesaving vaccines and therapeutics in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Date

18 November 2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had enormous consequences globally, not least in LMICs. It has shown the pharmaceutical industry’s capacity to quickly bring products to market, but has also highlighted the inequitable distribution of new vaccines and therapeutics. 

This 12-page Special Report, available for download as an extract from the 2022 Index, covers a critical period of the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on data from 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2022.

The report first looks at how companies responded in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic by rapidly engaging in research and development (R&D) to develop products targeting COVID-19. It then analyses how companies perform in terms of registering their COVID-19 products in LMICs, and considers their use of access strategies for vaccines and treatments to ensure wider access in LMICs, such as their pricing strategies and their engagement in supranational procurement initiatives. It looks at whether – and where – companies engaged in voluntary licensing agreements and technology transfers to enable generic supply of their products.

Finally, with an eye to the future, the Special Report assesses companies' efforts to prepare for future epidemics and pandemics, and provides insights into the question: are the lessons of COVID-19 being learned?

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Read the key findings from 2022 Access to Medicine Index

Some companies engaging in R&D for emerging infectious diseases, but pipeline mainly empty

15 November 2022

First voluntary licence for a cancer treatment is a promising sign for future expansion of access to innovative medicines

15 November 2022

More access plans and strategies to expand access to more products, but with limited breadth and depth

15 November 2022

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