Advancing access to safe, effective, and affordable medicines worldwide.
The University of Washington Global Medicines Program brings together research, education, and policy expertise to improve how medicines are developed, regulated, accessed, and used around the world.
What We Do
Medicine Safety
Generating evidence and strengthening systems to identify, understand, and prevent medication-related harms.
Access & Affordability
Addressing the policy, financing, and health-system barriers that determine whether people can obtain essential medicines.
Medicine Value
Applying health economics and outcomes research to understand the value, effectiveness, and affordability of medicines and health technologies.
Pharmaceutical Systems
Strengthening the systems, workforce, policies, and services needed to ensure medicines reach the people who need them.
A new chapter for Global Medicines
Jeff Lane named Director of the Global Medicines Program
Jeff Lane, JD, MPH, brings expertise in global health policy, access to essential medicines, and health systems to his new role as Director of the Global Medicines Program.