the health impact fund is a proposed new way of paying for pharmaceutical innovation. the hif would incentivize the development and delivery of new medicines by paying for performance. all pharmaceutical firms worldwide would have the option of registering new medicines with the hif. by registering, a firm agrees to provide its drug at cost anywhere it is needed, and in exchange for foregoing the normal profits from drug sales, the firm is rewarded based on the hif’s assessment of the actual global health impact of the drug. governments and other donors would finance the hif.