Bridging the gap between makers and buyers
MedAccess is a social enterprise committed to improving health in low- and middle-income countries.
We broker partnerships that remove barriers stopping lifesaving medical innovations reaching people who need them.
Our agreements with makers and buyers across the health ecosystem speed up access to healthcare. We shoulder financial risk to strengthen health markets, enabling more products to reach more people more quickly.
We accelerate access to lifesaving products
Advances in medical science mean that many illnesses that would have been fatal just a few years ago can now be prevented, treated and cured.
But for millions of people around the world, these advances are either unavailable or unaffordable.
Unequal access to medical innovation leads to millions of preventable deaths every year. Too often, the people with the least resources are forced to wait years, or even decades, for the health products they need.
We believe people should have access to effective medical innovations when they need them, no matter where they live.
Putting everyone on a more equal footing
We are helping to make vaccines, diagnostics, treatments and other health technologies more affordable and available for people in low- and middle-income countries.
To date, our agreements have enabled medical innovations to reach 530 million people in over 95 countries.
By securing lower prices for products, we are helping procurers to save money, which can be used to tackle other urgent health needs.
Because fair access is at the heart of a healthier future
Since our foundation in 2017, we have secured nine agreements to increase access to health products. Our agreements are helping to tackle HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, syphilis and COVID-19.
All our agreements support strong partnerships that include businesses, global health organisations, countries, and civil society. We strongly believe that partnership is at the heart of transformational and sustainable health impact.
We are also aiming to expand our work to tackle non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. We believe we can make a significant impact on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries, helping millions more people to live longer, healthier lives.
Our funders
MedAccess was founded by British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution. BII is our anchor investor, with $200 million paid-in capital.
In 2021, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provided us with a £7.3 million grant as part of its Global Fund accelerator.
British International Investment
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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29 June 2023
MedAccess guarantees help medical innovations reach 530 million people in five years
Our 10 bespoke agreements have helped vaccines, diagnostics, treatments and other health technologies reach people in more than 95 countries. To date, price reductions negotiated as part of our agreements have saved more than $91 million for governments and procurers.
Image caption: In Robertpara, a village in Bangladesh, volunteer health worker, Mahainue Marma, (orange top) is running a vaccination session for parents to bring their children for routine immunizations. © UNICEF/U.S. CDC/UN0723022/Fabeha Monir
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29 June 2023
Implementing volume guarantees for lifesaving health products
It is an exhilarating time at MedAccess as we share the far-reaching impact of our work implementing agreements for better access to healthcare products. 2022 was an incredibly busy but productive year at MedAccess. We scoped a wide range of ambitious agreements focussed on improving access to healthcare in underserved communities. Simultaneously, we continued to collaborate with our existing partners…
