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#medsdisposal is a campaign to raise awareness on how to dispose of unused or expired medicines appropriately in Europe, bringing information on current disposal schemes in European countries to one place.

It is a joint initiative between European healthcare, industry and student organisations including:

AESGP

AESGP

AESGP, the Association of the European Self-Care Industry, is the representation of manufacturers of non-prescription medicines, food supplements and self-care medical devices in Europe.
It is composed of national associations and the main multinational companies manufacturing self-care products. AESGP is the voice of more than 2000 companies operating in the consumer healthcare sector in Europe, affiliated with AESGP directly or indirectly through the national associations.

www.aesgp.eu

CED

CED

The Council of European Dentists (CED) is a European not-for-profit association which represents over 340,000 practising dentists through 33 national dental associations and chambers from 31 European countries. Its key objectives are to promote high standards of oral healthcare.

www.report.cedentists.eu

EFPIA

EFPIA

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) represents the biopharmaceutical industry operating in Europe. Through its direct membership of 37 national associations and 40 leading pharmaceutical companies, EFPIA is the voice on the EU scene of 1,900 companies…

www.efpia.eu

EPSA

EPSA

The European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (EPSA) represents over 100,000 students and recent graduates from 36 European countries. The Association has a permanent office in Brussels…

www.epsa-online.org

GIRP

GIRP

GIRP is the umbrella organization of pharmaceutical full-line wholesalers in Europe. It represents the national associations of over 750 pharmaceutical full-line wholesalers serving 33 European countries, including major pan-European pharmaceutical full-line wholesaling companies.

www.girp.eu

Medicines for Europe

Medicines for Europe

Medicines for Europe represents the European generic and biosimilar medicines industries… Companies represented within Medicines for Europe provide over 190,000 skilled, high value direct jobs in Europe. Generic medicines save EU patients and healthcare systems over €100 billion each year and account for 67% of all dispensed medicines but for only 29% of the pharmaceutical expenditure in Europe.

www.medicinesforeurope.com

PGEU

PGEU

The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) is the association representing more than 400,000 community pharmacists from 33 European countries.

www.pgeu.eu

The following organisations have endorsed the medsdisposal campaign: