Affordable Medicines Ireland CLG

Affordable Medicines Ireland (AMI) is a non-profit organisation that represents all active parallel importers in Ireland. The company is involved in maintaining the protection and development of its members and strives to keep the highest professional standards within the industry. AMI provides information on parallel trade, including the flow of goods and the legal framework under which it operates. The organisation highlights the benefits of parallel trade, noting that companies involved in parallel distribution can source medicines from countries with lower prices and import them to provide savings for the Irish healthcare system. At present, parallel distribution is the only competition for patent protected medicines.