Tools & Resources

Education Center

Learn more about innovative research and drug discovery with interactive tools and activities.

Patient Assistance Programs
Learn more about the Partnership for Prescription Assistance.

Disease Overviews
Check out the progress we've made so far and the challenges that remain for diseases that are affecting American’s lives, and impacting our society.

Disease Resources

Learn more about specific diseases that are affecting American's lives and the new medicines in development to treat them, and review charts and graphs related to disease research trends. 

Charts

Patient Impact Charts - Showing the impact of medicines on patients' symptoms, life expectancy, quality of life, and more

Health Care Impact - Find out how medicines affect health care costs by reducing the need for hospital stays, doctor visits, and other health care services

Economic Impact - See how appropriate use of medicines can benefit employers and society in general by strengthening the economy

Research and Development - Learn about what goes into R&D

 

Patents - Learn about the value of pharmaceutical patents and strong intellectual property protection

Innovation in the treatment of rare diseases - Learn about the stats related to rare, or “orphan”, diseases.

Innovation by the Numbers - Key stats on innovation

Value of Medicines - Examples of studies that highlight the impact medicines have on patients, the economy, and the health care system

What Others are Saying: Quotes - Hear what the experts are saying about innovation