As of 2024, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) - with 3.72 - had the second-highest total score. It was the first time in 16 years that GSK was not ranked first. The Access to Medicine Index is an independent initiative that ranks the world’s 20 largest companies according to their efforts to make their products more available, affordable and accessible in developing countries, highlighting policy and practice that either facilitate or hinder access to medicine.
Overall pharmaceutical company ranking of the Access to Medicine Index for developing countries as of 2024
The Access to Medicine Index is an independent
initiative that ranks the world’s
20 largest companies according to their
efforts to make their products more available,
affordable and accessible in developing
countries, highlighting policy and
practice that either facilitate or hinder
access to medicine.
The Index uses a framework that evaluates
company activities in seven areas of activity,
or technical areas, considered to be key to
enhancing access to medicine in developing
countries, and across four important aspects
of action, or strategic pillars.
A score of zero means lowest and five signifies highest indicator score among the company set.
Merck & Co., Inc. is known as MSD outside
the US and Canada. Merck KGaA’s
healthcare division is known as EMD
Serono in the US and Canada.
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