What Does Big Pharma Think About Patient Centricity?
At the 2018 Financial Times Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference, there was a lot of buzz around ‘patient centricity’ and all of the big pharma companies were determined to broadcast their…
Brian Hilberdink, President of Novo Nordisk Canada, calls for collaboration between government and industry to ensure that Canadian patients get swift access to the best treatments. As a Canadian who spent several years working globally for a biopharmaceutical company, I…
At the 2018 Financial Times Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference, there was a lot of buzz around ‘patient centricity’ and all of the big pharma companies were determined to broadcast their…
There are around 2 billion people in the world that do not have access to the medicines they need. This week the 2018 Access to Medicine Index was published revealing…
Chester “Chip” Davis, Jr, the President and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) in the United States, discusses the contradictory nature of Trump’s efforts to lower drug prices. …
Stanimir Hasurdjiev explains the key role of the National Patients’ Organization (NPO) in Bulgaria and discusses the main areas that he is working on to ensure that patients are heard and can benefit from the best treatments and care available at a reasonable price. You are working in different organizations besides the National Patients’ Organization. Can you explain how…
K P Tsang, president of the Hong Kong Alliance for Rare Diseases (HKARD), shares the challenges faced by patients with rare diseases and their caregivers in Hong Kong, the areas…
Mayra Galindo Leal, general director of the Mexican Association of the Fight Against Cancer (AMLCC) provides an overview of the main milestones of this association that stands as the most…
The global pharma industry is facing increased pressure to ensure lifesaving medications reach underserved populations. Drawing from a new Access to Medicine Foundation report, AMF Head of Research Claudia Martinez…
France’s patient advocacy network is one of Europe’s most well-developed and formalised. Patient advocacy groups – including the three featured below – fill in research, care, and support gaps left…
Globally some 1.8 million children and young people (CYP) live with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) prevalence of the disease is on the rise. In…
The Promising Pathways Act 2.0 is a newly proposed bill that aims to expedite and streamline approval pathways for rare disease therapies in the US. The Act is, however, facing…
Writing in the June 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum Magazine, Finn McCartney, Maria Dutarte, Petra Adámková, and Paola Kruger from the European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) weigh…
New methodology for the 2024 Access to Medicine Index promises a stronger attempt to quantify whether drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics are actually making it all the way to patients in…
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