EAHP represents over 29,000 hospital pharmacists across 36 member countries. EAHP represents and develops the hospital pharmacy profession within Europe in order to ensure the continuous improvement of care and outcomes for patients in the hospital setting. This is achieved through science, research, education, practice, as well as sharing best-practice and responsibility with other healthcare professionals.
The EAHP Board, elected for three-year terms, oversees the association’s activities. Comprising directors responsible for core functions, it meets regularly to implement strategic goals. Supported by EAHP staff, the Board controls finances, coordinates congress organization, and ensures compliance with statutes and codes of conduct.
The EAHP staff supports the Board in executing EAHP’s mission. The Staff assists in financial management, events organisations, policy activities and all EAHP projects. The EAHP staff works closely with EAHP’s members and ensures the effective communication all relevant stakeholders.
The first member countries were Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and The Netherlands in 1972. EAHP has now 36 EAHP members and 2 Associate Members. EAHP is open to countries members of the Council of Europe and since 2022 to organisations representing the interests of hospital pharmacists from outside the Council of Europe (Associate Membership)
EAHP’s structure is also composed by different standing committes: EAHP Scientific Committee, EAHP Education Executive Committee and the EAHP CTF Steering Committee.
At EAHP, we are committed to transparency in our governance, ethical standards, and funding practices. This section provides open access to our foundational documents, including the EAHP Statutes, Code of Conduct, and Funding Sources. By sharing these resources, we aim to uphold accountability and foster trust with our members, partners, and the public.
Keep up with all EAHP’s events and webinars. Contact the team at info@eahp.eu should you have any questions about upcoming events or activities.
Here you can find all upcoming events organised by EAHP and by all its members and associate members. Do not hesitate to contact the events team at events@eahp.eu should you have any questions about the organisation of these events.
Hospital pharmacists conduct a critical role in the care of patients in hospitals. Learn more about what they do here and in all the pages under Hospital Pharmacy practice and Policy.
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EAHP brings together experts from many areas of hospital pharmacy practice providing and highlighting good local sustainable practices as that can be up-scaled and shared with other countries. The EAHP Working Group on Sustainability has the aim of reducing the environmental burden of the hospital pharmacy services.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), and its 36 member country platforms are creating a Common Training Framework for the hospital pharmacy education in Europe. The goal of this project is to allow the free movement of hospital pharmacists within the European Union.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) have collaboratively developed the Oath to Society. The Oath to Society is all encompassing and acts as a contract for excellence in providing compassionate patient care, working as part of the healthcare team and advancing the pharmacy profession, and showcasing how clinical and hospital pharmacists work every day
A day created to highlight the importance and to celebrate the work done by hospital pharmacies. This day celebrates all hospital pharmacy teams.
Catch up with EAHP’s press releases
Find all EAHP relevant publication like the EAHP Surveys, annual reports and the history books.
The European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (EJHP) is the only official journal of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and is committed to advancing the science, practice and profession of hospital pharmacy. As the premier communication platform for hospital pharmacists worldwide, EJHP is a major source for continuing education as well as updates on advances in the practice and standard of pharmaceutical care for patients.
When EAHP and Hospital pharmacists appear in the news.
EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
Sponsor Channel
The Sponsor Channel is designed to maximise visibility and engagement, allowing sponsors to connect with the hospital pharmacy community and partners in a dynamic and interactive environment. From product demonstrations to networking sessions, the Sponsor Channel offers a range of opportunities for sponsors to showcase their offerings and generate leads in the new EAHP Website.
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ACPE UAN: 0475-0000-21-013-L04-P. A knowledge-based activity.
Abstract
There are a number of medical indications in clinical practice with unmet medical need regarding treatment with effective and safe drugs (e.g., in oncology and rare diseases). The pharmaceutical industry is in a position, either alone or together with academic research, to address this unmet medical need to the benefit of all patients. However, we see that the pharmaceutical industry focuses far too much on a few lucrative indications, coupled with extremely high prices making affordability sustainability and access to new drugs a significant challenge.
The pharmaceutical industry complains low returns on investments and an unpredictable and often infeasible regulatory approval pathway. This, in turn, is cited by many companies as a reason to leave indications that don’t bring the requested return on investment. At the same time, we see companies nowadays focussing on biologicals, biosimilars, and generics – primarily in the field of cancer drugs – for their developmental pipeline.
What options are there to overcome this situation and are those pipelines appropriate to address indications where we find an unmet medical need? What are the ethical aspects of drug research and development? Is return-on-investment adequate or can we implement also other mechanisms to motivate pharmaceutical industry to bring really innovative drugs in the market which cover an unmet medical need instead of mainly being targeted on the expectations of shareholders?
This seminar will present approaches to the problems above and discuss different viewpoints from two different stakeholders in the health care system: an oncologist and a medical ethicist who will describe the current unsatisfying situation regarding research and development of new drugs as well as their call for proposals from politicians, pharmaceutical industry as well as regulatory agencies.
Learning objectives
After the session, participants should be able to:
Educational need addressed
Hospital pharmacists are not only confronted with drug shortages but also with the situation that many drugs are used off-label. More than that some drugs for some indications are not available in the market anymore. Hospital pharmacists, therefore, should learn about incentives from the regulatory and scientific perspective to do research and development in those indications where an unmet medical need exists.
Keywords: Unmet medical need, research and development of new drugs, return on investment, regulatory science, high-priced drugs and their added therapeutic benefit, pharmacoeconomics.
