Supporting Organisations

The University of Würzburg

With over 600 years of tradition, the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg is today one of Germany‘s mid-sized universities. 400 professors in 10 faculties here teach roughly 20,000 students.

The University of Würzburg is among the leading institutions of higher education in Germany; this has been confirmed by rankings carried out by national and international research organizations, international external assessment committees as well as by the German Federal and State Excellence Initiatives (founded in 2006). Internationally, the University of Würzburg is also one of the top-ranking academic institutions in many fields of research and study.
www.pharmazie.uni-wuerzburg.de
 

The German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG), founded in 1890 in Berlin, is one of the oldest German scientific societies (9.000 members). The aims of the DPhG are to promote the pharmaceutical sciences and interdisciplinary way of thinking, to encourage junior scientists within the pharmaceutical community, to maintain contact with foreign scientists and with foreign special societies, to facilitate transfer of new scientific knowledge into pharmacy practice, to advise legislative and administrative bodies on pharmaceutical matters and to establish position statements on pharmaceutical questions of public interest.
www.dphg.de
 

The European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) represents around 1,200 European chemical distributors.
FECC Members, many of which are SMEs, create value in the supply chain meeting the demands of over one million downstream users. Several of these members distribute excipients and Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients to manufacturers of medicinal product throughout Europe. Chemical distributors play a vital role in the pharmaceutical supply chain.
 
FECC promotes the implementation of the WHO – Good Trade and Distribution Practices for Pharmaceutical Starting Materials (GTDP) for all excipients. This commitment to GTDP is the chemical distribution’s contribution to reduce and manage the risks involved in supplying pharmaceutical starting materials to finished dosage form manufacturers.
www.fecc.org
 

The European Compliance Academy (ECA) was founded on the 1st of January 1999. The ECA is an independent organisation chaired by a Scientific Advisory Board with 10 members of the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory authorities. With close to 3,600 members, ECA has become the leading European association with regard to pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and GMP compliance. The members from all over Europe and abroad represent nearly 60countries. The ECA Advisory Board represents European regulatory authorities as well as the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry. By their voluntary work, the board members support ECA in fulfilling its mission to impart most relevant knowledge on the interpretation and implementation of GMP and regulatory requirements.
www.gmp-compliance.org 
  

The Qualified Person Association was founded on 7 July 2006 with the objective to represent the Qualified Persons in Europe. Within only 10 weeks, more than 350 QPs and individuals preparing to become a QP from all over Europe already signed up for membership. The members represent all major pharmaceutical companies as well as small and medium-sized businesses.
 
In addition to QPs from EU member states, QPs from EU member candidates and proposed candidates can also become members/associate members. "Guest“ and "Observer“ are additional membership status levels available to applicants from other countries who may be involved in the certification and batch release of medicinal products.
www.qp-association.eu