The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Medicines are transforming our lives like never before.
We want the UK to be the best place in the world to research, develop and use the medicines and vaccines of the future.
- Valuing and accessing medicines
- RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING
- WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
- Industry Reputation
- International Policy, Trade & IP
- Health Data
Valuing and accessing medicines
Ensuring value, access and uptake of innovative medicines and vaccines, now and in the future
Medicines bring huge value to NHS patients. The development of new medicines is uncertain, costly, and involves significant rates of failure. The pharmaceutical industry spends $160 billion per year on research and development.The private sector produces nearly all the medicines and vaccines available to us. Companies need to make a profit – and a return – on global investment in order to maintain investment in the next generation of medicines.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING
Improving the UK's attractiveness for industry, research, development and manufacturing
We're helping to build a thriving environment for medicine discovery so the UK can be the best place in the world to research and develop new medicines and vaccines.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
Building better partnerships between industry and NHS and across the Life Sciences sector
We have a long-standing positive relationship with the NHS, and a record of facilitate the same across various parties across the Life Sciences sector. We believe in focusing collaboration on where it can add the most value in making innovation as widely available to patients as possible.
Industry Reputation
Building a stronger industry reputation in the UK
Everywhere, every day someone relies on the results of our work to ensure their health and wellbeing. We are proud of this and are committed to working with a wide range of people - patients, doctors, nurses, regulators and governments - in order to deliver medicines in an ethically responsible way. Patients are at the heart of everything that we do.
International Policy, Trade & IP
Providing international leadership and driving global policy
The ABPI is working to ensure that the UK has the best relationship with our international partners for patients, public health and the life sciences sector.
Health Data
Improving the UK's health data capability and industry's access to data
We aim to harness the UK’s health data to support the efficient design, feasibility, recruitment and conduct of the full range of clinical trials. We are helping the UK make the most of health-related data for future research and development into new medicines.
Transforming lives, raising productivity
A new report from PwC for the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry reveals a picture of variable and slow access to the newest, innovative treatments.
Read the report from PwC on the value of medicinesLatest news
Test-Spring Statement 2022: Our response
Our reaction to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Spring Statement, delivered to Parliament on Wednesday 23 March 2022.
ABPI response to Life Sciences Competitiveness Indicators
The Government has today published Life Sciences Competitiveness Indicators, which provide data on the state of the life sciences sector in the UK.
ABPI welcomes first women's health strategy for England
The Government has today published the first women's health strategy for England, to tackle the gender health gap.
ABPI awarded PIF TICK trusted healthcare information creator status
The ABPI has been awarded ‘trusted health care information creator’ status by the Patient Information Forum, an accreditation known as the PIF TICK.
Latest blogs and events
Test-The Innovative Medicines Fund - Good news for patients but has an opportunity been missed to be more ambitious?
NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I) has announced the launch of the Innovative Medicines Fund. The ABPI’s Director of Value and Access Policy, Paul Catchpole, provides further commentary on the announcement.
The Innovative Medicines Fund - Good news for patients but has an opportunity been missed to be more ambitious?
NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I) has announced the launch of the Innovative Medicines Fund. The ABPI’s Director of Value and Access Policy, Paul Catchpole, provides further commentary on the announcement.
Working together, we are all determined to create more medicines for pregnant women
Steve Hoare, the ABPI's Head of Safety and Quality, talks about how industry is trying to address the lack of medicines approved for pregnant women.
Worth the wait – The Goldacre review
Our thoughts on Professor Ben Goldacre’s “Better, broader, safer” report into health data.
Key content hubs
This covers the latest research from the ABPI-Ipsos Attitudes towards pharmaceutical companies in the UK study.
The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 12 March 2020. As a critical part of the health care community in the UK, the pharmaceutical industry wants to play the biggest possible role in the response to this outbreak.
The ABPI Code of Practice sets out the requirements the industry must comply with and supports companies’ commitment to self-regulation and to operate in a professional, ethical and transparent manner.
Have you subscribed to our new quarterly newsletter for those working within the life sciences sector?
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It features our work to improve patient access to innovative new technologies as well as upcoming webinars and events.
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We are very pleased to join the @NIChamber, read our colleague Marion Laverty's article on our work in the latest edition of @AmbitionNI here https://t.co/udCCJ0dmq9 https://t.co/SUOFLE2UzG
— ABPI (@ABPI_UK) August 15, 2022
Our Director of Partnerships Colette Goldrick was in Birmingham yesterday to discuss life sciences innovation and see some brilliant sporting action. Thanks for hosting @uob_be @DrBruceKeogh @Jpisani #CommonwealthGames2022 #GameChangingBusiness 🔬🧬🖥️🏆 pic.twitter.com/v64M4iQ3ba
— ABPI (@ABPI_UK) August 9, 2022
We support this call - read our full response here https://t.co/H6tzdN0mdO https://t.co/BfVSjb8C8d
— ABPI (@ABPI_UK) August 8, 2022
The Pharmaceutical Industry in the UK
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