Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Phamaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
EU Transparency Register
00086317186-42 First registered on 18 Nov 2011
Goals / Remit
The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) is the European association representing community pharmacists.
PGEU’s members are the national associations and professional bodies of community pharmacists in 34 European countries including EU Member States, EU candidate countries and EFTA members.Main EU files targeted
VETERINARY LEGISLATION, PHARMACEUTICAL CODE, DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, MEDICAL DEVICES REGULATION.
Address
Head Office
rue du Luxembourg, 19
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 12 Jul 2016
Name Start date End Date Jorge BATISTA 25 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2024 Ilaria PASSARANI 25 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2024 Gwen LEHANE 24 Feb 2023 27 Jan 2024 Mr Diogo DOMINGUEZ-PIEDADE 02 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 Jorge BATISTA 22 Oct 2022 21 Oct 2023 Ilaria PASSARANI 09 Jul 2022 08 Jul 2023 Antonio GRASSO 09 Jul 2022 22 Oct 2022 Ms Claudia GONZALO 01 Jun 2022 01 Feb 2023 Mr Jan De Belie 28 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Ms Audrey VAN COILLIE 13 Jul 2019 13 Nov 2019 Ms Carolina Martinez-Berganza 13 Jul 2019 11 Jul 2020 Antonio GRASSO 13 Jul 2019 11 Jul 2020 Ilaria PASSARANI 01 May 2019 01 May 2020 Mr Jan De Belie 07 Sep 2018 28 Sep 2019 Antonio GRASSO 18 Jul 2018 13 Jul 2019 Ms Carolina Martinez-Berganza 06 Jul 2018 06 Jul 2019 Ilaria PASSARANI 27 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Mr Jamie Wilkinson 03 Jan 2018 18 Jul 2018 Jurate SVARCAITE 13 Oct 2017 08 Apr 2018 Ms Audrey VAN COILLIE 05 Oct 2017 01 Feb 2018 Ms Carolina Martinez-Berganza 20 Jul 2017 06 Jul 2018 Antonio GRASSO 20 Jul 2017 13 Jul 2018 Mr Jamie Wilkinson 06 Jan 2017 03 Jan 2018 Jurate SVARCAITE 20 Oct 2016 13 Oct 2017 Ms Audrey VAN COILLIE 06 Sep 2016 02 Jan 2017 Ms Carolina Martinez-Berganza 19 Jul 2016 14 Jul 2017 Antonio GRASSO 19 Jul 2016 14 Jul 2017 Mr Jamie Wilkinson 14 Jan 2016 06 Jan 2017 Jurate SVARCAITE 29 Aug 2015 28 Aug 2016 Ms Patricia Ignacia MUNOZ GARCIA 28 Aug 2015 20 Jul 2016 Mr Jamie Wilkinson 28 Jan 2015 14 Jan 2016 Ms Patricia Ignacia MUNOZ GARCIA 04 Sep 2014 28 Aug 2015 Ms Giovanna Giacomuzzi 03 Oct 2014 28 Aug 2015 Mrs Giovanna Giacomuzzi 03 Oct 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Lucas Besson 10 Sep 2014 13 Sep 2014 Mrs Patricia Ignacia MUNOZ GARCIA 04 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr John CHAVE 26 Aug 2014 19 Aug 2015 Mr Jamie Wilkinson 27 Mar 2014 29 Jan 2015 Mrs GABRIELA VALENTOVA 15 Oct 2013 05 Sep 2014 Mrs Giovanna Giacomuzzi 05 Oct 2013 03 Oct 2014 Mr John CHAVE 10 Sep 2013 26 Aug 2014 Mrs Patricia Ignacia MUNOZ GARCIA 03 Sep 2013 31 Aug 2014 Mrs Patricia Ignacia MUNOZ GARCIA 22 Dec 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mr John CHAVE 11 Dec 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mrs Giovanna Giacomuzzi 30 Nov 2012 05 Oct 2013 Mrs Giovanna Giacomuzzi 14 Sep 2012 15 Sep 2012 Mrs Audrey VAN COILLIE 28 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mr John CHAVE 28 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mrs Patricia Ignacia MUNOZ GARCIA 01 Feb 2012 22 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
Jurate Svarcaite, Secretary General - PGEU SG is the main person whitin the association to lobby for the community pharmacists.
Carolina Martinez-Berganza, Legal Advisor - If our SG, is unable to represent PGEU
Jamie Wilkinson, Director of Professional Affairs or Antonio Grasso, Economic and Information Analyst - If our SG and LA are unable to represent PGEUPerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Carolina Martinez-Berganza (Legal Advisor)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Jurate Svarcaite (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
PGEU is an independent not-for-profit association representing interest of European community pharmacists, registered under Belgian law as an AISBL (Association internationale sans but lucratif).
In 2015, the operational budget of PGEU amounted to 815.889 euros.
The operational budget is devoted mainly to our core activities: work with the EU institutions and International organisations in the pharmacists interests and providing feedback to our members on EU developments in this field. PGEU is a founding member of European Medicine Verification Organisation and in 2015 has contributed to the operational costs of EMVO by 50.000 euros.
Our biggest contributors in this context are our member organisations. In 2015, their contributions represented 96 % of our operational budget.
Additional funding PGEU receives is EU funded project income. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
The lastest EU initiatives was a Lunch Debate on “Improving the sustainability of healthcare systems through better adherence to therapies: a multi-stakeholder approach ” on 21th September 2011 in the European Parliament.
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Meetings
11 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 15 Sep 2023 Location online/video conference Subject Meeting to discuss the revision of the pharmaceutical legislation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
- Karolina Herbout-Borczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Apr 2022 Location Live Subject Meeting with European health professionals’ and paediatric associations to discuss COVID-19 vaccination of adolescents and children Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Jun 2021 Location online Subject Supply chains for medicines Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet member)
- Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Medichem, S.A.
- European Healthcare Distribution Association
- Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
- Pfizer Inc.
- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
- Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV
- MEDICINES FOR EUROPE
- The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
- SANOFI
- Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
- European Patients' Forum (EPF)
- European Chemical Industry Council
- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
- Novo Nordisk A/S
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Brussels Subject VTC meeting - Access to Medicines Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 30 Sep 2020 Location Online Subject Call with pharmaceutical and medical device supply Chain on COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Karolina Herbout-Borczak (Cabinet member)
- Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
- Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Vaccines Europe
- MedTech Europe
- European Chemical Industry Council
- European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and healthcare IT Industry
- The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
- European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs
- European Healthcare Distribution Association
- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
- MEDICINES FOR EUROPE
- Association of the European Self-Care Industry
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Date 02 Jul 2020 Location Brussels Subject VC meeting: Exchange of views on the forthcoming Pharmaceutical Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject Current and future EU health priorities as well as the role of community pharmacists in ensuring quality of care and patient safety, improving public health and guaranteeing access to medicines and healthcare services DG Health and Food Safety Attending - Anne Bucher (Director-General)
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Date 03 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject HTA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Annika Nowak (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Union of General Practitioners / Family Physicians (Union Européenne des Médecins Omnipraticiens / Médecins de Famille)
- Standing Committee of European Doctors
- European Forum for Primary Care
- The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
- European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- European Society of Cardiology
- European Hospital and Healthcare Federation
- European Public Health Association
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
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Date 12 Dec 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Health priorities of 2018 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on eHealth and Vaccination DG Health and Food Safety Attending - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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Date 14 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject DG SANTE priorities on AMR and medicines storages DG Health and Food Safety Attending - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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