01/06/09 - SUBSTANDARD APIS: WE MUST TACKLE THE PROBLEM TOGETHER - Guy Villax Article

04/06/09 - EFCG ANNOUNCES ITS 2ND ANNUAL DINNER TO BE HELD IN MADRID ON 14TH OCTOBER 2009 AT THE PRESTIGIOUS WESTIN PALACE HOTEL - Press Release | Booking Form

Following the success of last year's inaugural dinner, EFCG is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Dinner, which is conveniently being held on 14th October 2009 during the CPhI exhibition in Madrid.

16/06/09 - CROP PROTECTION & FINE CHEMICALS FORUM, CHEMSPEC, BARCELONA, 16TH JUNE 2009 - Slides

This inaugural EFCG & dmgworldmedia-sponsored Forum attracted almost 60 delegates.

Slides (note: the slides are Copywrite and cannot be used or reproduced without the owner's permission - contact info@efcg.cefic.com)

EFCG PRESS CONFERENCE, CHEMSPEC, BARCELONA, 18TH JUNE 2009 Article | Voluntary Guidelines and Business Integrity Evaluation (BIEN) templates | Press Slides

EFCG / AIME held a press conference at Chemspec in Barcelona to announce the launch of their Business Integrity Evaluation (BIEN) templates to be used to check if a supplier is compliant with the previously-published Voluntary Guidelines which were designed to raise manufacturing standards and supply chain security for all ISO-regulated fine chemical manufacturers around the world.

RX-360 CONSORTIUM FOUNDED. ITS MAIN OBJECTIVE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN - Newsletter | Rx-360 Website

EFCG has registered as an observer member of Rx-360 and several members have joined the consortium in their own right.

20/01/09 - EFCG 4th PHARMA BUSINESS CONFERENCE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 13-14 MAY 2009 - Register here

Under the theme of "Strategies for Compliant Pharma Sourcing", our highly-rated annual conference will this year discuss how regulators, producers and users of APIs and excipients are meeting the challenge of globalisation. For a list of topics and speakers, and to register, see www.efcg-conference.org

12/12/08 - EFCG AND APIC WELCOME THE DRAFT DIRECTIVE FOR COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES AND APPLAUD THE NEW INTERNATIONAL API INSPECTION PROGRAMME - Press Release

08/12/08 - EFCG CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAYS IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE AMENDING DRAFT DIRECTIVE FOR COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES - Press Release

1/10/08 - EFCG'S FIRST ANNUAL DINNER IN FRANKFURT HAILED A BIG SUCCESS BY ATTENDEES - Borgas Keynote Address

EFCG held its 1st annual dinner during the CPhI Frankfurt on 1st October, with Lonza CEO Stefan Borgas delivering a stimulating keynote address on the challenges facing the fine chemicals industry. The dinner brought together 260 industry players and their guests who enthusiastically voted that the 2nd EFCG Annual Dinner be held during CPhI in Madrid in October 2009.

30/9/08 - EFCG ADDRESSES AN INTERNATIONAL BREAKFAST MEETING AT CPHI FRANKFURT ON "BUSINESS TRENDS & REGULATORY UPDATE FROM A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE"
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30/9/08 - EFCG AND IPEC EUROPE JOIN FORCES TO CREATE A EUROPEAN PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENTS CERTIFICATION PROJECT - Press Release | Press Slides

30/9/08 - EFCG WELCOMES THE LATEST REGULATORY ACTION ON APIs BUT ARGUES FOR INCREASED DETERRENCE OF ROGUE PLAYERS - Press Release | Press Slides

30/9/08 - EFCG SETS OUT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THEIR NEW ‘VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES FOR FINE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS’ - Press Release | Press Slides