MSF Demands Government Action and Transparency on Global Medicine Prices

Médecins Sans Frontières called on governments to take stronger action regarding medicine prices during the opening plenary of the World Health Organization Fair Pricing Forum on November 3, 2026. MSF Access reported that Kris Torgeson, the executive director of MSF Access, delivered the statement on behalf of the humanitarian organisation. [1]

According to MSF Access, equitable access to lifesaving medical tools cannot be guaranteed when decision-making power regarding price, availability, and delivery remains concentrated within the private sector. MSF Access warned that these issues persist because drug costs and prices remain secret, while public funding is granted without binding access conditions. [1]

Médecins Sans Frontières is an international non-governmental organization that provides medical care in resource-limited settings, conflict zones, and areas affected by endemic diseases. The charity relies on private donors for approximately 98 percent of its funding and manages projects addressing drug-resistant infections, tropical diseases, and tuberculosis across more than 75 countries. [1][3]

At the forum, MSF urged authorities to enforce price transparency and institute binding access conditions. MSF Access stated that such measures are vital to ensure that medical innovations funded by the public actually reach vulnerable communities around the world. [1]