8 December 2020, Geneva — The biopharmaceutical industry has made the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic its top priority, devoting its resources, expertise, know-how, and intellectual assets to developing potential treatments, diagnostics and vaccines at unprecedented pace, while committing to and engaging in new levels of international collaboration and coordination through initiatives such as ACT-A,...
Read moreQ&A with Charles Kwanin on occasion of the Launch of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award Charles Kwanin is a young professional working in global health and former nurse practitioner from Ghana Today, IFPMA and Speak Up Africa are launching the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award to highlight and support the work of...
Read moreIFPMA welcomes the launch of the Fight the Fakes Alliance, an association that represents different stakeholders with the common interest of tackling the issue of substandard and falsified medicines. As a strong supporter of Fight the Fakes since its inception in 2014, IFPMA is proud to be a founding member of this initiative and it...
Read moreSeven years since its first activities as a grass-roots advocacy campaign, Fight the Fakes announces the creation of the Fight the Fakes Alliance, a new non-profit association with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. • The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a stark rise in falsified COVID-19-related medical products circulating around the world, putting a renewed...
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Read moreThis was originally published on Global Cause on the 2020 HIV & TB Awareness campaign on 1 December 2020. As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, we need to maintain continued access to HIV and TB essential medications worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 1.2 million lives, and many more deaths have likely gone unreported....
Read more20 November 2020, The World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health announced today the creation of the One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (Global Leaders Group). This new United Nations high-level group will include Kenneth Frazier, Chairman of the board and chief executive officer at...
Read more18-24 November 2020 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), the...
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