COVID-19 Innovation Timeline
The development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments is a story of science, ingenuity and hard work. It is also a story of widespread collaboration and investment powering tenacious R&D.
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Fighting for what counts: Leveraging the power of collaboration to end HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria
Aligned with the Global Fund replenishment, this report captures industry’s contribution to advance progress in the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria.
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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
Impact of a waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 therapeutics
As WTO Member States continue to discuss an extension of a waiver of intellectual property (IP) rights on COVID-19 therapeutics, latest evidence and data published explains what the consequences of such a waiver would have on industry’s ability to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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Influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Why is flu vaccination so important during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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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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Improving child health around the world through immunisation
This article was first featured in a special Media Planet supplement on Children’s Health, distributed in print with The Guardian on 12 December 2022. Ever since the smallpox vaccine discovery over two centuries ago, vaccines have successfully worked to eradicate, eliminate, or cantrol many infectious diseases. Apart from clean water, nothing has had a bigger impact on global public health, especially for children, their families,...
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Rebuilding momentum on antibiotics research, giving innovators a chance to pull through
This article was first featured in a special Media Planet supplement on Antimicrobial Resistance, distributed in print with The Guardian. The full supplement can be accessed here. The pace of resistance to existing antibiotics is outpacing the rate at which new ones can reach the market and be used against difficult-to-treat infections. According to the WHO, on average, resistance is reported to most new agents two...
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Renewing industry’s commitment to better access to diabetes care on World Diabetes Day
This article was originally published on LinkedIn on 14 November 2022. This World Diabetes Day (WDD), IFPMA and its members are renewing our commitment to take proactive steps to improve access to diabetes care and make progress toward the achievement of SDG target 3.4. We advocate for the integration of oral anti-diabetic medicines, insulin, glucose monitoring and insulin delivery devices, and consumables within Universal Health...
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