ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations

Okay kiddo, imagine there are a bunch of grown-ups who make different kinds of medicine. They want to work together to make sure their medicine is safe and high-quality all around the world. So they formed a group called the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA).

This group has different grown-ups from all around the world in it. They meet and talk about how to make medicine better, and they work with other important groups like doctors and scientists who also care about medicine.

One of the big things the IFPMA does is try to make sure that people who need medicine can get it. They work with other groups like governments to make sure there are good laws to get medicine to everyone who needs it.

Another thing they do is try to make sure that medicine is safe. They check to make sure that all the medicine made by the grown-ups in their group has been tested and is safe to use. That way, nobody gets hurt or sick from taking dangerous medicine.

So overall, the IFPMA is a group of grown-ups who work together to make sure medicine is safe and gets to the people who need it all around the world.