The biopharmaceutical industry's COVID-19 lessons learned
This report identifies 10 insights the biopharmaceutical industry has gathered so far as the world moves into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We present them as hard-learned lessons to date – and as urgent strategies to end this pandemic and better prepare for the next one.
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#VaccinesForLife
Together we can give vaccines the greatest chance to make an even greater impact on our health, our communities, and our world. Discover our new global digital campaign #VaccinesForLife and join us on #TeamVaccines
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COVID-19 SOLUTIONS
Find out how the biopharmaceutical industry is using the power of innovation and science to tackle COVID-19 from all angles.
#AlwaysInnovating
New publication on technology transfer
Our publication, Technology Transfer: A Collaborative Approach to Improve Global Health, summarizes the current landscape for technology transfers, the 10 factors that enable success, and how different stakeholders can work together to deliver on prerequisites.
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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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The African Medicines Agency
AMA has the unique opportunity to become one of the most efficient and modern regulatory systems in the world.
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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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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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Ethics and Business Integrity
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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Inventing 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
Influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Why is flu vaccination so important during the COVID-19 pandemic?
IFPMA_HPP_Why is flu vaccination so important during the COVID-19 pandemic_Infographic
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Three priorities to urgently increase access to COVID-19 vaccines
Innovative biopharmaceutical companies are at the forefront of the global effort to develop and manufacture safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Today, over 12 billion doses of vaccines have been produced, and more than 60 percent of the world’s population have received at least one dose.[1] Getting as many...
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Greg Perry - IFPMA Moderated Panels @Pre-ICDRA 2018
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IFPMA EFPIA PhRMA BIO ABPI Statement - Global COVID-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better
Innovative biopharmaceutical companies are at the forefront of the response to the pandemic; not least by developing and manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines in record time. Our industry joins today’s global summit to demonstrate our commitment towards working with governments and global health partners to align on a common vision to expand...
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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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How do we improve clinical trials post-pandemic?
This article featured in the Media Planet Clinical Trials campaign, available online and disseminated in print with the New Scientist. The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us a lot and yet we can still keep learning. While the pandemic has impacted everyone globally in ways that could never have been imagined, it has provided a spark for further exploration into how clinical trials should be improved,...
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Vaccines can help make a better life possible for everyone
Vaccines are one of the most effective and cost-efficient medical technologies ever developed. Except for clean water, nothing has had a larger effect on global health than vaccines, especially for children.[1] Before COVID-19, even if vaccines saved millions of lives every year, they had become a routine and unremarkable part of life. Their benefits are so embedded in our lives that it is easy to...
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The power of innovation: Malaria’s gamechanger
This op-ed was originally published for Media Planet's Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases campaign on 25 April 2022. We must make up ground lost in the fight against malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic. Innovation in vaccines and treatment offer hope for solutions. From 2019 to 2020, there was a 12.4% increase in malaria deaths. Approximately two-thirds of these deaths were linked to COVID-19 disruptions, but pandemics...
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