Accelerating Global Health Progress
Continuing on from the last World Health Assembly’s event to mark its 50th anniversary, the IFPMA convenes public health experts to discuss the future of global health.
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Handling of Post-Approval Changes to Marketing Authorizations
The brochure describes the complexity of PACs, focusing on the lack of global harmonization, and the impact that has on access. Six case studies are presented, along with recommendations on how the consistent and predictable management of PACs can be beneficial.
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50 Years of Global Health Progress Report
This report traces global health progress over the past 50 years. It reviews some of the research-based biopharmaceutical industry’s major scientific advances, as well as acknowledging challenges the industry faces and areas of unfinished business.
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AMR Industry Alliance
Together with 100+ companies and trade associations from the AMR Industry Alliance, IFPMA is committed to stop superbugs. Check out our first Progress Report!
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IFPMA Corporate Brochure - Committed to a Healthier Future
We hope you find this brochure informative to gain better understanding of the contributions of our industry. We are passionate about the role we play in finding effective and sustainable solutions to today’s most pressing health concerns and look forward to continuing the dialogue with our partners
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IFPMA HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTORY
IFPMA hosts the Health Partnerships Directory, a continuously expanding online database that allows users to view, in depth, health partnerships from across the world that involve the research-based biopharmaceutical industry.
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New IFPMA Code of Practice 2019
New IFPMA Code of Practice will enter into force on 1st January 2019
New CodeIFPMA in Brief
IFPMA represents the research-based pharmaceutical companies and associations across the globe. The research-based pharmaceutical industry’s 2 million employees research, develop and provide medicines and vaccines that improve the life of patients worldwide. Based in Geneva, IFPMA has official relations with the United Nations and contributes industry expertise to help the global health community find solutions that improve global health.
Tackling Global health challenges
The research-based biopharmaceutical industry is proud to be playing its part in the quest to find effective and sustainable solutions to today’s most pressing health concerns.
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Boosting Innovation and Access
The research-based biopharmaceutical industry is thinking creatively about its innovation and business models to meet new challenges, and is working in collaboration with different players from the scientific community.
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Strengthening Regulatory Systems
Patients everywhere should be treated with high quality medicines and vaccines. Science-based guidelines provide direction for the development, manufacture, and supply of medicines.
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Building trust
The healthcare community and the public must be confident that research-based biopharmaceutical industry and their employees, wherever they operate, communicate and act in an ethical and professional manner.
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Discovering medicines and Vaccines
Never have people lived longer and never have so many children been saved from dying in the first years of life. Medicines and vaccines extend and improve the quality of life for many people.
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Our Resources
IFPMA Code of Practice 2019 - Our Ethos
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IFPMA & IFPW Supply chain session 2016 Global Health Forum - long version
The session that took place at 2016 GHF ‘Shaping a sound supply chain ecosystem’ gathered speakers from BMS, IFPW Walgreens Boots Alliance, ICRC and WHO. Moderated by Scrip’s Sukaina Virji. To find out more about the complexities of the pharmaceutical supply chain, to hear what experts think are the essential...
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IFPMA Welcomes Set-Up of New African Medicines Agency
Geneva, 25 May 2018 – To mark Africa Day, soon after African health ministers of 55-country African Union, all gathered at the 71st World Health Assembly, unanimously adopted a treaty to establish the African Medicines Agency, IFPMA seizes this momentum to welcome this important milestone. The new African Medicines Agency...
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Greg Perry - IFPMA Moderated Panels @Pre-ICDRA 2018
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ABPI, EFPIA, and IFPMA issue joint statement on AMR
ABPI, EFPIA and IFPMA issue joint statement following publication of the final report by the Review on AMR The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) have today issued a joint...
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Our membership has three levels tailored to meet specific needs. Full Members have to be R&D-based pharmaceutical companies or national associations whose membership includes innovative pharmaceutical companies; Associate Members of R&D-based pharmaceutical companies and national associations whose permanent staff numbers are less than five, and Affiliate Members that are organizations, associations, companies and institutions who are supportive of the R&D-based
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The what and why of UHC and Pharma nexus
This oped was first published first on PharmaBoardroom on 12 December 2018. At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a 2017 report from the World Bank and World Health Organization[1]. And each year, large numbers of households are being pushed into poverty because they must pay for healthcare out of their own pockets. This is what Universal...
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Cultivating Trust in Healthcare System
This oped was first published in The Pharma Letter on 6 December 2018. Business performance is mostly about the tangible: robust pipeline, successful launches, development of sales, financial results, profit margins, and the like. One less tangible but absolutely crucial measure of success relates to “how” we go about our business. Ethics and building trust matter just as much as the number of medicines that...
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By 2050, superbugs may cost the economy $100 trillion
This oped was first published in the Antimicrobial Resistance campaign in the Guardian on 12 November 2018 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is on course to overtake cancer and account for 10m deaths a year by 2050. Already, 700,000 people die from drug-resistant infections (“superbugs”) each year. AMR could cost the global economy up $100 trillion – and push 28m more people into poverty. The life-science...
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