• More than 1 billion people are affected by one or more neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

"Drug companies join forces to combat deadliest tropical diseases"
31 January 2012 The heads of 13 of the world's biggest drug companies, brought together by Bill Gates, have agreed to donate more... Read more...
Leaders in dialogue about stakeholder value
26 January 2012 On the 29th of March, the third National Reputation Conference will take place in Amsterdam. Leaders from a broad range... Read more...
Season’s greetings!
22 December 2011 The end of the year is quickly drawing near, which provides the perfect opportunity to briefly look back on our... Read more...
Index Team at ICIUM
10 November 2011 Turkey will be the venue for the 3rd ICIUM Conference, which will take place from 14-18 November. The Index team will... Read more...
Timelines for the Index 2012
4 November 2011 We are currently preparing our Access to Medicine Index 2012 and finalising the methodology. MSCI, leading player in... Read more...
New Supervisory Board
27 October 2011 As of October 26, the strategic supervision of the Access to Medicine Foundation will be in the hands of a Supervisory... Read more...
New Team Members
27 October 2011 The Access to Medicine Foundation team has recently been strengthened in the areas of Funding, Strategy, Operations and... Read more...
Accelerating Access to Medical Devices
6 October 2011 The Access to Medicine Index has already proven to encourage influential pharmaceutical companies to do more for the... Read more...
TV Documentary 'Patents or Patients?'
20 July 2011 On 20 and 27 July, the Access to Medicine Index and Wim Leereveld, are featured in a Dutch documentary about access to... Read more...
Experts Meet for Index 2012
22 July 2011 On 22 July the new Expert Review Committee (ERC) met for the first time in Haarlem, to debate the methodology of next... Read more...
Support from Minister Ben Knapen
29 June 2011 The Dutch Minister of European Affairs and International Cooperation, Ben Knapen, has given his full support to the... Read more...
Pharma Companies Meet with Index Team
18 July 2011 In May the Index team met with over 30 representatives of the pharmaceutical industry representing 15 of the companies... Read more...
First ATM Seminar in October
24 June 2011 From 5 - 7 October 2011 the first Access to Medicine Seminar will be held in the Netherlands. A hands-on and... Read more...
'GSK Makes a Good Impression with Lower Priced Vaccines'
13 June 2011 Was headlined in the Dutch daily newspaper 'De Volkskrant'. The article featured the recent announcements of... Read more...
'Big Pharma Is Changing Under Pressure'
30 May 2011 On the 27th of May, 'De Volkskrant', a leading Dutch daily, reports on how pharmaceutical companies are challenged by... Read more...
The Al Gore of the Pharmaceutical Industry?
26 May 2011 On May 24th, Harmke Pijpers of BNR - Business News Radio - interviewed Wim Leereveld about the Access to Medicine Index... Read more...
'Reward Big Pharma for Good Behaviour'
17 May 2011 In NRC Next, Wim Leereveld's opiniated article, on how to influence pharmaceutical companies policies and practices to... Read more...
Leading Pharmaceutical Companies Engage in Dialogue around Index 2012
17 May 2011 A key milestone will occur on the 24th of May in the Netherlands, when the Index team will hold its first direct... Read more...
APG and ASN Bank Sign Access to Medicine Index Investor Statement
11 May 2011 Close to 30 investors with AUMs totalling USD 3.7 trillion now stand behind global healthcare initiative. Read more...
New: Tailor-made Index Report
9 May 2011 By using the tool ‘My Report’ on the ‘Index Report Website’, you can now create your own tailor-made report. The... Read more...
Morgen 2011: Is Tomorrow Healthier?
26 April 2011 MORGEN 2011 or 'TOMORROW 2011' is a unique event in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 21 May 2011. MORGEN is a... Read more...
‘What Gets Measured, Gets Done’, Dr. Margaret Chan
17 March 2011 Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, and UK Secretary of State for International... Read more...
Wim Leereveld Key-Note Speaker at Pharma Pricing 2011
17 March 2011 The Index team is always ‘on the road’ and has an active role in presenting the Index. At the Pharma Pricing &... Read more...
Transparency = Trust = Value
15 March 2011 Recently the ‘Rate the Raters’ research program presented an in-depth evaluation of 21 sustainability ratings, among... Read more...
Tailored Training for Investors via UNPRI Webinar
15 March 2011 The UNPRI Clearinghouse, the United Nations initiative on responsible investorship with over 800 signatories, will host... Read more...
Share your Expertise on the ATM Index 2012
8 March 2011 We would like to invite you to participate in the ‘Access to Medicine Index 2012 - Online Survey’ and to... Read more...
UBS Investor Note on Pharma in Emerging Markets
1 March 2011 In the article ‘Can emerging markets fuel growth and restore trust in Pharma?’ Joshua Berlin, journalist for the ‘... Read more...
ICIUM 2011 in Alexandria Postponed
16 February 2011 Following on from last Wednesday’s announcement by the organizers of the ICIUM conference, the Access to Medicine... Read more...
Dexia Asset Management Supports the Access to Medicine Foundation
10 February 2011 "As a responsible investor, Dexia AM has a vested interest in the health of society and the Index provides Dexia with... Read more...
Meet the Access to Medicine Index Team at ICIUM 2011
28 January 2011 In April 2011, members of the international community will assemble in Alexandria, Egypt for ICIUM 2011: the Third... Read more...
What Does the Access to Medicine Index 2010 Tell You About the Pricing Approach of Pharmaceutical Companies?
11 January 2011 Interested in how pricing policies of pharmaceutical companies score on  the Access to Medicine Index 2010? Come... Read more...
New Publications Now Online
11 October 2010 A number of new resources have been posted to the Access to Medicine Foundation publications section of our website. We... Read more...
Amundi Asset Management Joins Over Twenty-Five Leading Investment Firms in Signing the Access to Medicine Foundation Investor Statement
5 October 2010 Growing number of high profile endorsements suggests global health is becoming an emerging theme in investor... Read more...
Demonstrating Impact: Access to Medicine: Malaria Treatment
21 September 2010 Improving access to medicine can have powerful and positive effects for individuals around the world that suffer from... Read more...
Medecins Sans Frontieres
21 September 2010 The Access to Medicine Foundation recently attended Medecins Sans Frontieres'  Agenda des Journées Thématiques... Read more...
Wim Leereveld Featured on NieuwWij
19 September 2010 NieuwWij is a news site dedicated to presenting people and initatives that attempt to change the world, inspire... Read more...
UNITAID Statement on the Medicines Patent Pool
20 August 2010 The UNITAID Medicines Patent Pool Initiative has been met with a great degree of interest at the International AIDS... Read more...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
28 July 2010 According to the findings of the second Access to Medicine Index (ATMI), top pharmaceutical companies are engaging in... Read more...
ATM Foundation Invited by the WHO to Present the 2010 Index
24 July 2010 “The Access to Medicine Index 2010 is one of the important instruments in the improvement of access to medicine for the... Read more...
Access to Medicine Founder Attends Pacific Health Summit
1 July 2010 Wim Leereveld, Chair and Founder of the Access to Medicine Foundation, and Femke Markus, the Foundation's... Read more...
European Drug Companies Lead 'Access to Medicine Index'
21 June 2010 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Independent Ranking Shows More Transparency, More Programs for Low-income Countries European... Read more...
Europese farmabedrijven doen meer voor ontwikkelingslanden dan concurrenten VS
21 June 2010 Amsterdam, Nederland Voorsprong neemt af, volgens ranglijst die inspanningen zichtbaar maakt Europese farmaceutische... Read more...
Access to Medicine Index at the 9th Annual European Summit
14 June 2010 The Access to Medine Foundation participated in the 9th Annual European Summit on Corporate Governance and Responsible... Read more...
Access to Medicine Index 2010 at the Pacific Health Summit
11 June 2010 This year, the Pacific Health Summit will take place in London, and the theme will be maternal and newborn health... Read more...
Access to Medicine Index 2010 to be Released on 21 June
1 June 2010 The  Access to Medicine Index 2010, which ranks major pharmaceutical companies on their efforts to increase global... Read more...
Access to Medicine Index 2010 Scheduled for Publication in June
10 March 2010 Haarlem, The Netherlands – The Access to Medicine Foundation announced today it will publish the 2010 Access to... Read more...
ATM Founder Presents at Harvard Medical School
31 March 2010 “Together with all stakeholders we should define the role of the pharmaceutical industry in developing countries,... Read more...
Geneva Health Forum 2010
20 April 2010 On Monday 19th April, Femke Markus, Managing Director of the Access to Medicine Foundation, participated in the 2010... Read more...
Ally for the Poor in an Unlikely Corner
8 February 2010 The New York Times GlaxoSmithKline, ranked number one on the first Access to Medicine Index. Today, the company... Read more...
Getting to know India's Generic Pharmaceutical Market
29 December 2009 Worldwide the generic pharmaceutical industry is growing at an incredible rate, in India alone; this sector represents... Read more...
Hermes Signs Investor Statement
27 December 2009 It is paramount that institutional investors see value in ranking pharmaceutical companies' efforts to improve global... Read more...
Industry Responses to Access to Medicine Index
1 December 2009 The first Access to Medicine Index was published in 2008, since that time leading pharmaceutical companies have began... Read more...
Access to Medicine Index Receives Grant to Benchmark Pharmaceutical Industry
15 July 2009 The Access to Medicine Index (www.atmindex.org) announces that The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will support... Read more...
Access to Medicine Index Presented at Pharma Meetings
22 September 2008 Haarlem, The Netherlands — The Access to Medicine Foundation has been invited to present the Access to Medicine Index... Read more...
First Access to Medicine Index Grabs Headlines Worldwide
25 June 2008 HAARLEM, THE NETHERLANDS – General and specialized news media all over the globe have reported the release of the... Read more...
Twenty Pharma Companies Included in 2008 Index
13 May 2008 Haarlem - The Access to Medicine Foundation has completed its selection of the twenty pharmaceutical companies whose... Read more...
Pharma Companies Share Information
13 May 2008 Haarlem - Most pharmaceutical companies are actively sharing information on their efforts to increase access to drugs... Read more...
Former UN High Commissioner Supports Index
3 December 2007 Haarlem, The Netherlands — Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002, has written a... Read more...