Equitable access to quality-assured, safe and affordable medicines, vaccines and medical devices is fundamental to a functioning health system. Over the last few decades, innovations in life sciences have saved millions of lives yet millions more worldwide still suffer from a lack of access to medicines that they would need for acute and/or chronic diseases. Countries face a range of obstacles including rising prices for new medicines putting the financial sustainability of healthcare systems at risk, shortages and stock-outs of essential medicines and irrational use of medicines (e.g. antibiotics) […] Click here for more information.