5 billion people have access to medicine
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The Access to Medicine Foundation stimulates and guides pharmaceutical companies to do more for the people living in low- and middle-income countries without access to medicine.

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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.

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Antimicrobial
Resistance Benchmark

The first report to compare what pharmaceutical companies are doing to bring antimicrobial resistance under control. By highlighting where good ideas are being implemented, it encourages their wider uptake.

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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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Event - 26 Mar 2019

Jayasree K. Iyer to speak at The Economist Antimicrobial Resistance Summit

On 26 March 2019, Jayasree K. Iyer will join a panel discussion on private sector investment in antibiotics at The Economist magazine's Antimicrobial Resistance Summit.

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Publication - 20 Nov 2018

2018 Access to Medicine Index

This is the 6th Access to Medicine Index. It evaluates 20 of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies on how their actions to improve access to medicine. The Index covers 106 low- and middle-income countries and 77 diseases, conditions and pathogens.

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What leaders say

The Access to Medicine Index is a very important project. What gets measured, gets done.

Dr. Margaret Chan

Former Director General, World Health Organisation

I’ve been impressed by the Access to Medicine Index. It presents well-balanced stakeholder views on good practices for the pharmaceutical industry and it provides clear standards against which the performance of individual companies can be judged.

Mary Robinson

President, Realizing Rights, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002), Former President of Ireland (1990-1997)

When I talk to executives from pharmaceutical companies they tell me that they want to do more for neglected diseases, but they at least need to get credit for it. The Access to Medicine Index does exactly that.