PGEU - GPUE

PGEU’s members are the national associations and professional bodies of community pharmacists in 30 European countries including EU Member States, EU candidate countries and EFTA members.

Through its members, PGEU represents around 400,000 community pharmacists contributing to the health of over 500 million people throughout Europe. It is estimated that over 46 million people visit the community pharmacies in the EU member states every day.

Click here to see PGEU's Mission Statement.

Click here to find out more about PGEU Policy.

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A broad coalition of NGOs is urging EU leaders to take responsibility for pharmaceutical policy out of the European Commission's industry section and hand it to its health and consumer affairs department. The call comes as heads of government meet in Brussels today (18 June) ahead of a reorganisation of the EU executive and the possible implementation of the Lisbon Treaty.