Welcome to the PhRMA International Section web site. PhRMA represents leading global pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies that are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients around the world to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new cures.

Together with our member companies and local industry associations in over 60 countries, PhRMA works with governments and other stakeholders to advocate for public policies that encourage the discovery of life-saving and life enhancing new medicines and improve patient access to those medicines around the world. The PhRMA International Web site is designed to provide information on these issues and the programs that the industry is pursuing to address these global challenges.