Healthcare Reform for Irish Patients
Our Vision
is that all Irish Patients can afford and access the medicines they need to get well, stay well and live well.
About Us
We are dedicated to affordable access to medicine
Medicines for Ireland is a pharmaceutical industry body committed to affecting real change and reforms to help ensure that patients across Ireland have access the medicines they need at affordable prices.
Since its foundation in 2016, Medicines for Ireland has been promoting the benefits of the increased use of non-patent medicines in Ireland.
Our members are the suppliers of the majority of medicine in Ireland to the HSE and patients directly.
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Our Goals
As an organisation, our core objective is to improve the way Ireland procures and supplies medicines to help expand patient access to affordable, lifesaving and life-enhancing treatment.
- Enhance access to safe, high-quality medicines for patients across Ireland at an affordable price.
- Safeguard the supply of medicines to Ireland by helping to ensure supply chains remain secure and reliable.
- Innovate our approach to acquiring, supplying, and distributing medicines nationwide with the dual objective of pushing down costs and delivering greater equality of access for patients.
- Inform key stakeholders of the specific and wider benefits associated with the increased usage of off-patent medicines.
MEDICINES FOR EUROPE
30th ANNIVERSARY
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Medicines for Ireland was proud to support the Medicines for Europe Annual Conference, which took place in the Portmarnock Resort & Jameson Golf Links on the 12th and 13th of June.
News and Articles
Off-patent medicines industry marks 30 years of delivering public health impact
Medicines for Europe marks 30 years of delivering more equitable access to off-patent medicines as it opens its annual European conference in Dublin, in partnership with Medicines for Ireland
Medicines for Ireland calls for urgent action to address the escalating issue of medicine shortages impacting Irish patients.
With 1 in 5 individuals personally affected by medicines shortages in the last two years, Medicines for Ireland calls on the Department of Health and
Medicines for Ireland unveils its Manifesto for Europe
Suppliers of generic, biosimilar, and value-added medicines call for reform of EU pharmaceutical laws to ensure equitable access to treatments for all patients Increased penetration
Medicines for Ireland launches new 2024 – 2029 Vision Strategy
Suppliers of generic, biosimilar and value-added medicines unveil vision to enhance patient access and affordability, secure a resilient supply chain, and embed sustainable practices by 2029.
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Medicines for Ireland
Iconic Offices – The Greenway,
Block C,
Ardilaun Court,
112-114 St Stephen’s Green,
Dublin 2, D02 TD28
