improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources eucope news newspapers books scholar jstor free images january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message eucope type association without lucrative purpose industry pharmaceutical industry founded november 2008 headquarters brussels belgium website http www.eucope.org en eucope www.eucope.org was founded in 2008 in brussels and promotes companies and associations active in research development production and distribution of pharmaceutical products and enhances their scientific technical economic and legal objectives . via the member associations the german pharmaceutical industry association bpi the ethical medicines industry group emig of the uk the swedish associations swedenbio and iml as well as biodeutschland eucope represents more than 900 mid sized innovative member companies many of them smes . in addition many innovative companies from sweden uk france bulgaria italy greece germany the netherlands and austria are represented on the board of the association . eucope membership includes innovative family owned companies such as sigma tau ferring b.braun vianex or bionorica as well as innovative companies active in the field of rare diseases such as alexion celgene otsuka or grifols http www.eucope.org en about us members http www.eucope.org en positions . structure edit president of the association jan g. smith abigo medial ab sweden . vice president dr. bernd wegener b.r.a.h.m.s ag germany . vice president stefano bonani segix italia srl italy treasurer dr. sigurd p tter arzneimittel p tter gmbh & co. kg germany secretary general dr. alexander natz policy objectives edit eucope is active in the above mentioned areas transparent reimbursement and pricing decisions fast national marketing authorisation procedures incentives for incremental research public perception of pharmaceutical innovations by smes increased need for collaboration community patent and strong intellectual property rights recast of the clinical trials legislation informed patient as political objective effective promotion of r & d by tax incentives reduced vat rates for pharmaceuticals prevention of late payment by public authorities pharmacovigilance transparency directive orphan drugs external links edit eucope pharmaceutical unit of the european commission pharmaceutical forum of the european commission environment public health and food safety committee of the european parliament industry research and energy committee of the european parliament retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eucope & oldid 727624744 categories pharmaceutical industry trade groupsinternational organisations based in belgiumeuropean medical and health organizationshidden categories articles lacking sources from january 2013all articles lacking sourcesarticles with topics of unclear notability from january 2013all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 30 june 2016 at 05 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view