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Support 2005 |
The European Patients’ Forum (EPF) gratefully acknowledges the generous
support from the following organisations, companies and individuals:
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In spring 2005,
PhRMA provided EPF with sponsorship of 45,000 Euro for the
organisation of a survey on patients’ needs with regard to
information on prescription medicines. |
| The European Coalition of
Positive People seconded Annette Dumas to work cost-free as the
EU Policy Officer for EPF from December 2004 to December 2005. |
| PFIZER
provided EPF with in kind contributions for the organisation of
the conferences Driving Better Health in Europe (2004) and
Driving Better Health in Europe : the Valule of Health Education
and Compliance (2005). In particular, Pfizer covered the costs
for the meeting room, the travel and accommodation costs of
conference participants and the publication of the meeting
report. |
| In 2005, AMGEN provided EPF
with in kind contribution for the organisation of an educational
workshop on biosimilar medicines held in view of the
consultation by the EMEA on its draft guidelines on similar
biological medicinal products. In particular, AMGEN covered the
costs of the conference participants and the publication of the
workshop report. |
| In 2004 and
2005, EPF and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry
Associations (EFPIA) jointly organised a training seminar for
patient groups representatives from the 10 new Member States :
Strengthening Patient Groups in the EU. EPF and EFPIA jointly
worked on the content of the seminars. The participants expenses
and the conference costs were covered by EPFIA. |
| In 2005, Baxter has
generously funded Don Marquis’ support to EPF in developing its
business plan and rules of procedure while BMW seconded Don in
this task. |
| Various EPF
member organisations generously financed the travel and
accommodation costs for members of their organisations to attend
EPF Executive meetings. |
| In 2003 and 2004, Christine Marking and Grainne Crowley generously provided pro-bono consultancy work to EPF for the preparation of a potential EU project, for the organisation of the official launch of EPF in the European Parliament and for other tasks of EPF. |
