Dr Deidre Cogan

Writer/Editor, Access to Medicine Foundation

Deirdre Cogan is based in the Netherlands, working at the Access to Medicine Foundation. The Foundation, an independent non-profit organisation based in the Netherlands, aims to advance access to medicine in low- and middle-income countries by stimulating and guiding the pharmaceutical industry to play a greater role in improving access to medicine. Deirdre is lead author of the Foundation’s 2018 white paper on the issues facing the security of antibiotic supply and the role for pharmaceutical companies. She also edits the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark and the Access to Medicine Index. She holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Dublin City University.