European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs
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| legal form | Nonprofit organization |
| founding | November 2008 |
| Seat | Brussels , Belgium |
| Branch | Pharmaceutical industry |
| Website | www.eucope.org |
The European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs AISBL is a European association for pharmaceutical companies .
history
The association was founded in autumn 2008 in Brussels and has its headquarters there. The statutory task is the representation and promotion of pharmaceutical companies at the European level. EUCOPE currently represents over 900 companies from many member states, such as Germany, Sweden, Great Britain and Italy. The association informs its member companies about the latest developments in European health and competition law .
Board
- President: Jan G. Smith, ABIGO Medial AB, Sweden.
- Vice-President: Bernd Wegener, ORGANOBALANCE GmbH, Germany.
- Vice President: EMIG - Ethical Medicines Industry Group, UK
- Treasurer: Konstantinos Panagoulias, VIANEX SA, Greece
- Secretary General: Alexander Natz
purpose
EUCOPE is active in these areas:
- Pharmaceutical reimbursement decisions and pricing
- Access procedures at national level
- Reduced VAT on pharmaceuticals
- Prevention of official payment delays
- Encouragement to step innovations
- Public perception of pharmaceutical innovations
- Community patent and intellectual property
- Clinical Examination Law
- Tax incentives to effectively promote R&D
- Pharmacovigilance
- Combating counterfeit medicines