EUCOPE

The European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs AISBL is a European Federation for Pharmaceutical companies.

History

The association was founded in the fall of 2008 in Brussels, where it has its headquarters Statutory task of the Association is the representation and promotion of pharmaceutical companies on the European level. EUCOPE represents far more than 900 companies from many Member States, such as Germany, Sweden, the UK and Italy. Its member companies informed the Association about the latest developments in European health and competition law.

Board of Directors

  • President of the Association: Jan G. Smith, ABIGO Medial AB, Sweden.
  • Vice - President: Dr. Bernd Wegener, BRAHMS AG, Germany.
  • Vice - President: Stefano Bonani, SEGIX ITALIA srl, Italy
  • Treasurer: Dr.Sigurd Pütter, drug Putter GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
  • Secretary: Dr. Alexander Natz

Objectives of the Association

EUCOPE is active in these areas:

  • Decisions on reimbursement and pricing of medicinal products
  • Access procedures at national level
  • Reduced VAT for medicines
  • Prevention of regulatory delays in payment
  • Encouragement to step innovations
  • Public perception of pharmaceutical innovation
  • Community patent and intellectual property
  • Clinical Examination Law
  • Tax incentives for the effective promotion of R & D
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Combating counterfeiting of medicines
Types of business entity
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