Drug portfolio optimization to consolidate market around the most effective treatment options based on needs of the country.

Related document:

• SECURE: Objectives and interventions

• Access challenges to antibiotics

• Collect and collate antibiotic and supplier market intelligence to improve decision-making on procurement

• Coordinate an Antibiotic Market Working Group to share market intelligence and coordinate response to supply threats.

• Apply an antibiotic forecasting model to support forecasting demand, pooling and contracting with suppliers.

• Increase demand predictability and attractiveness for suppliers by aggregating demand across countries.

• Establish pooled or coordinated procurement through partnering with existing procurement mechanisms.

• Address recurrent antibiotic shortages, including forecasting demand and regulatory or policy interventions to address shortages.

• Deploy economic tools to incentivize suppliers to enter country markets and support country purchasing through catalytic financing methods.

Related documents:

• SECURE Economic model report summary

• Full Report on SECURES Economic and Procurement tools.

• SECURE’s Policy and regulatory interventions addressing antibiotic shortages

• Policy and regulatory interventions to address antibiotic shortages in low and middle-income countries

• Support product introduction pathways, stewardship activities along the value chain, collect evidence of impact and best practices

• Work with regional/country partners to support these activities