2 Dec 2020

5th global Biopharma CEO / top execs virtual press briefing – COVID-19

Organized by IFPMA – representing the global innovative biopharmaceutical industry committed to addressing the novel coronavirus public health crisis.

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Expert insight 1 Dec 2020

HIV and tuberculosis: Ensuring people’s access to treatment during the pandemic

This 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....

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Statement 20 Nov 2020

Biopharmaceutical representative joins new antibiotic resistance fighting United Nations group to avert looming superbugs public health

20 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...

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Statement 18 Nov 2020

Joint Statement On World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

18-24 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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Expert insight 13 Nov 2020

5 questions to… Cary Adams, CEO of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), Dr Cary Adams shares with us the importance of raising awareness on the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance and how it affects the cancer community. In what circumstances and how often are antibiotics used for cancer treatment and care? The treatment and care of cancer involves a wide range...

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Press release 10 Nov 2020

Innovative and generic & biosimilar pharmaceutical industries unite on commitment to equitable access to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines, while flagging where further help is needed from others

Geneva 10 November 2020 – On the occasion of the World Health Assembly, the world’s research-based and generic & biosimilar pharmaceutical industry bodies delivered a statement declaring their shared commitment to equitable access to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines. In their joint statement, the two global pharmaceutical industry bodies acknowledge their responsibility and commitment to support...

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Statement 9 Nov 2020

IFPMA/IGBA “Considerations on equitable access to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines”

IFPMA Statement for the resumed 73rd WHA on agenda item 13.2 WHO’s work in health emergencies We are fully committed to the principles of global equitable access to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines The biopharmaceutical –and pharmaceutical industries are committed to the principles of global equitable access to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines. Our global community is...

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Statement 9 Nov 2020

IFPMA Statement for the resumed 73rd WHA on agenda item 13.3 Influenza preparedness

IFPMA very much welcomes the holistic approach of WHO to influenza preparedness. We acknowledge that a well performing GISRS, implementation of the Global Influenza Strategy 2019-2030 and ensuring the success of the PIP Framework’s objectives are key to this preparedness. IFPMA would also like to fully support WHO’s call for further sensitizing Member States to...

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Expert insight 6 Nov 2020

2020: A game-changing year for AMR?

Dame Sally Davies, UK AMR Special Envoy and Thomas Cueni, IFPMA’s DG have shared platforms on panels.  This time at the World AMR Congress, saw the duo in a different format, with Dame Sally pitching questions at Thomas Cueni and asking him if industry has done enough to tackle AMR.  Global Health Matters has reproduced...

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External study 4 Nov 2020

Regulatory System Strengthening for Health Products in Asia-Pacific

https://www.flipsnack.com/DukeNUSCoRE/core-regulatory-systems-strengthening.html

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Video 27 Oct 2020

APEC Business Ethics – Vision 2025 (Video)

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Expert insight 26 Oct 2020

Interview – Al Jazeera – How COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers are collaborating with governments to ensure that an effective and safe vaccine is available everywhere in the world

Watch full interview hereThomas Cueni, IFPMA Director General, spoke to Al Jazeera English, on the side lines of the World Health Summit, about collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry and governments to make sure COVID 19 vaccines are available in poorer countries; as well as industry’s commitment to the most rigorous regulatory scrutiny. Maryam Nemazee Also...

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