Policy prescriptions

COMMISSION LOBBY MEETINGS WITH PHARMA TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
European Association of
Full-Line Wholesalers (GIRP)
• DG GROW: 1 in November/December 2014.
• DG SANCO: 3 times in November/December 2014 63
4
MEETINGS
EUCOPE
• DG SANTE: 2 in November 2014, 2 in January 2015
• Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis’s
cabinet: April 2015 .65
5
MEETINGS
European Self-Medication
Industry (AESGP)
• DG SANTE: December 2014
• DG GROW: March 2015
• Cabinet of Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs: January 2015 64
3
MEETINGS
EGA
• DG SANTE: 6 meetings
• DG RTD: 1 meeting .66
• Cabinets of 4 Commissioners (DG SANTE: 2 meetings, DG
TRADE: 1 meeting, DG GROW: 1 meeting, DG RTD: 1 meeting)
and the cabinet of Commission President Juncker: 1 meeting. .67
13
MEETINGS
FARMINDUSTRIA (Italian
pharma association, national
member of EFPIA)
• DG SANTE: 1 in November, 1 in December 2014 .68
1
MEETING
Other pharmaceutical trade associations, which have not
signed up to the lobby register, have also been shown to
be getting access to decision-makers in the Commission’s
DG SANTE, including EALTH (European Association for
Logistics and transportation in healthcare) and APRaD
(Association of Pharmaceutical Research and Development
– see Section 3). 69
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