Our members discover, develop and manufacture the medicines that are the foundation of a healthy and prosperous society, including prescription pharmaceutical products, biotherapeutic products and vaccines.
Our members invest in Australian medical research and take local discoveries and developments to the world.
Our mission is to champion what is possible because of the latest advancements in medicines, and advocate for patients to have fast, universal access to new treatments.
We partner with community, governments and health sector organisations to put the enabling policies and mechanisms in place.
Our vision is to achieve the world’s best health for all Australians by ensuring they have immediate access to the best available medicines.
Medicines Australia’s key policy priorities are strengthening the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and ensuring Australia is an attractive location for research and development, including clinical trials, and has an investment environment conducive to taking products from bench to market.