AMR Action Fund
More than 20 leading pharmaceutical companies launched a ground-breaking collective venture - the AMR Action Fund - to bridge the current gap in funding for the development of new antibiotics
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COVID-19
IFPMA members commit to accelerate their effort to use their skills, technology and resources to bring safe, effective diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to patients around the world. Visit IFPMA COVID-19 Hub.
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Global Biopharma CEO/Top Executives COVID-19 Media Briefing (28 May 2020)
On 28 May 2020, IFPMA organised a media briefing on the status of collaboration and risk-sharing to speed up the research, development and manufacturing of vaccines against COVID-19.
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PHARMA CEO/TOP EXECUTIVES GLOBAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 - VIRTUAL PRESS BRIEFING
On 30 April 2020, the global biopharmaceutical industry, represented by high-level executives/ CEO’s, took part in a virtual media briefing on the status of COVID-19 treatments
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Pharma CEO/Top Executives Global Response to COVID-19 – Virtual Press Briefing
On 19 March 2020, the global biopharmaceutical industry, represented by high-level executives/ CEO’s, took part in a virtual media briefing highlighting industry’s efforts and future commitments to address the current global coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
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Collaborating to End Neglected Tropical Diseases
Progress has been significant in the fight against NTDs since the signing of the London Declaration in 2012. Our industry has been engaged in innovative collaborative partnerships, showcased in our new joint publication.
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Meet #GenerationGavi
Over the past 20 years, IFPMA and its members have proudly worked with Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, to protect the most valuable resource on earth thanks to life saving vaccines: its children.
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IFPMA Code of Practice eLearning
Our Code of Practice has evolved over time and it promotes a culture grounded on values, principles and decisions based on good judgement. You can take our new eLearning here!
Start training hereIFPMA 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
Global Health Progress – Collaborating for a sustainable future
Global Health Progress is a new knowledge hub highlighting over 200 collaborations between the innovative biopharmaceutical industry and more than 850 partners to support the SDGs. Users can explore collaborations by SDG target, disease area, program strategy, and more. Users are also encouraged to connect with partners via the platform...
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Health for All in Africa - Our collaborations supporting the SDGs
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Video message from Thomas Cueni at AMR Action Fund launch event in Tokyo on 10 July 2020
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Global Biopharmaceutical Industry pulling out all the stops to address Coronavirus public health crisis
19 March 2020, Geneva – The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), representing the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, today confirmed that having already mobilized on an unprecedented scale to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, they commit to do more. The biopharmaceutical industry commits to accelerate its effort to...
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Greg Perry - IFPMA Moderated Panels @Pre-ICDRA 2018
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IFPMA Statement on the launch of a new global collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable access to new COVID-19 tools
Geneva, 24 April 2020 Statement delivered by: Thomas Cueni, Director General, IFPMA The biopharmaceutical industry is acutely aware of the enormous responsibility we have to patients and society to engage in unprecedented levels of collaboration to find a solution to COVID-19. We stand ready to bring to this partnership our...
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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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Reinforcing Business Integrity for APEC Health Systems Amidst COVID-19
Authors: Dr. Jeff Blackmer, Mr. Thomas Cueni, Mr. Gaston Fernandez, Ms. Nancy Travis, Mr. Russell Williams The dual health and economic crisis resulting from COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus the importance of ethical business conduct. Emergency government measures, widespread economic and social disruption, as well as unscrupulous actors taking advantage of the current situation for personal gain are testing business integrity for SMEs and...
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What will it take to produce the billions of vaccines needed against COVID-19?
Published on Thomas Cueni's LinkedIn profile. COVID-19 is not business as usual for any of us, especially not for the pharmaceutical industry. As we enter into the sixth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, I think it is no understatement to say that the global biopharmaceutical industry has been at the forefront of efforts from day one. In the past months, rarely a day has gone...
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Interview - BBC Sounds - Coronavirus: Are we on the road to recovery?
Thomas Cueni, IFPMA Director General, spoke to BBC Sounds on 26 May on about the extent and importance of collaborations both between biopharmaceutical companies and with other stakeholders, notably universities and biotech companies to combat the COVID-19 crisis. At this stage, it is still impossible to know with certainty whether there will be a vaccine, but he is confident a vaccine will be developed, even...
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