This high-level webinar, co-hosted by FIRS, The Union, NCD Alliance, and NCD Policy Lab, brings together global experts, advocates, and policymakers to address urgent access gaps and highlight collaborative solutions. Speakers will explore the economic and human cost of inaction and propose strategies such as clinical guideline updates, local manufacturing, pooled procurement, and community awareness.

Organized by the FIRS Working Group on Increasing Access to Inhaled Medicines for COPD and Asthma, the session will include expert presentations, patient perspectives, and a forward-looking discussion on opportunities for global action, culminating with remarks from the UN Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases.