THE IT’S NOT HEALTHY CAMPAIGN ASKS POLITICAL PARTIES TO COMMIT TO A CHANGE IN THE MEDICINES INNOVATION MODEL

The organisations involved in the IT’S NOT HEALTHY campaign have called for Spain’s major national parties to open forums for dialogue on the current medicines innovation model, its impact on access to medicines and the sustainability of the Spanish health system.

The ultimate purpose of the meetings scheduled for September is to propose legislation and policies on the current medicines innovation model to include in the electoral programmes for the upcoming general elections.

IT’S NOT HEALTHY is an alliance of non-governmental organisations and professional and scientific associations whose ultimate purpose is to ensure the right to health and access to the medicines people need at an affordable price.

“A comprehensive look at the highest political level is urgently needed to address the analysis of a problem as complex as this and the implementation of measures to solve it…we strongly believe that the global medical innovation and access to medicines model is broken. The cost of new medicines increases every year, threatening the sustainability of health systems and hindering access to medicines by those groups most likely to need treatment for certain diseases”, argue the IT’S NOT HEALTHY member organisations.

The IT’S NOT HEALTHY campaign aims to promote informed public debate and mobilise the government, political parties and other institutions to commit to a change in the medicines innovation model through the adoption of the following measures:

– introduce transparency across the entire medical R&D and marketing system,
– introduce public interest criteria for all State investments in R&D, and
– promote R&D initiatives based on new innovation models that do not rely exclusively on patents.