AAM has published version 1.0 of its foundational framework, the document that defines what the organization is for, whom it serves and the principles it must never compromise.
What the framework establishes
- A mission and a vision — making advanced medicine accessible, and a future in which access depends on medical need, not on financial circumstances or geography.
- Three strategic pillars — financial and practical support, medical navigation and coordination, and medical partnerships and innovation pathways.
- Four medical domains — complex and specialized care, regenerative and advanced therapies, precision and personalized medicine, and advanced diagnostics and technologies.
- A worldwide eligibility policy — no nationality-based or income-group-based restrictions, assessed on five principal criteria.
- A prioritization framework — six factors assessed together, with priority for children and adolescents when cases are otherwise substantially equivalent.
- Ethical safeguards — equal treatment, an independent medical committee, financial transparency, conflict-of-interest rules, data protection, an appeal procedure, anti-fraud controls, donor independence and external audits.
Medical progress should not be a privilege reserved for those who can afford it or those who happen to live in the right place.
Why publish it now
AAM is in its foundation phase. Publishing its rules before it funds a single treatment means patients, donors, physicians and partners can hold the organization to them from day one.