On 16 October 2023, IFPMA issued a statement in response to draft WHO Pandemic Treaty.
Read moreA report published by One Health Trust makes an urgent call for increasing vaccination coverage to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low- and middle-income countries.
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In this year’s edition of Health: A Political Choice – From Fragmentation to Integration, Thomas Cueni focuses on the lessons learned from COVID-19. When the next pandemic hits, the success of our response will depend on how well we react to the lessons learned from Covid-19. The world was ill prepared for the pandemic, costing millions of...
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The groundbreaking work of Professors Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman was recently recognized, as they were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Their award was recognition for the research that ultimately enabled the development of safe and effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, and which has now spurred further research into how the...
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On 12 October in Cairo, Egypt, IFPMA submitted a statement at the 70th WHO EMRO Regional Committee on agenda item EM/RC70/INF.DOC.8: Progress report on accelerating regional implementation of the Political Declaration of the Third High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs.
Read moreOn 11 October 2023 in Cairo, Egypt at the WHO EMRO Regional Committee, IFPMA submitted a statement on addressing non-communicable diseases: a regional framework for action.
Read moreThe International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and Speak Up Africa have announced the winners of the second edition of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award.
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On 2 October, IFPMA delivered a statement at the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (WGIHR) (2005) in Geneva.
Read moreWith a vaccine pipeline that can tackle today’s and tomorrow’s challenges, the life-saving potential of vaccines is more far-reaching than we know. From routine childhood immunisation to seasonal flu or COVID-19, vaccines are important for our health. In fact, four million deaths are prevented each year from childhood vaccination alone. Within the next seven years,...
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Washington, D.C. and Geneva, 26 September 2023: This week, IFPMA joins hundreds of stakeholders from across economies in the Asia-Pacific at the APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum to recognize and applaud progress made by the initiative in the past decade to advance business ethics in the medical device and biopharmaceutical sectors in the region....
Read moreOn 25 September 2023 in Washington, DC, USA, IFPMA submitted a statement at the 60th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on agenda item 4.4: Policy on Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.
Read moreOn 22 September 2023, IFPMA submitted a statement at the High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis in New York.
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