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, Germany, Italy 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.
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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.
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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.
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EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
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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.
Across Europe, fewer than one in three hospital pharmacies use automation. And even where robots or automated cabinets are installed, they rarely “talk” to each other.
This forces pharmacists to rely on complex manual steps, costly custom integrations, and fragile interfaces that delay projects and increase risks. The result? Automation delivers only a fraction of its potential for safer and more efficient medication management.
Inspired by the success of the DICOM standard in radiology, the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) launched the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Interoperability in Pharmacy Automation in 2024.
Our goal is ambitious yet straightforward:
👉 to define a vendor-neutral communication protocol that allows hospitals to combine automation equipment from different vendors in seamless workflows.
In short, the SIG aims to create one language for all pharmacy robots — just as DICOM did for radiology.
The SIG is co-chaired by:
Together, they bring both the clinical perspective and the interoperability expertise to drive this initiative forward.
This is an unprecedented collaboration between hospital pharmacists and industry.
14 pharmacists from 12 European countries form the core of the SIG. They bring hands-on experience of managing daily operations and automation projects, ensuring the protocol reflects real-world needs.
Participants include:
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10 of Europe’s leading pharmacy automation vendors — representing over 80% of the market — are working side by side under EAHP’s umbrella. Competitors have joined forces to solve a shared problem for the benefit of patients and healthcare systems.
Participating vendors: […]
Medication management is complex. Workflows differ not just between countries, but between hospitals in the same region. Attempting to standardize everything at once would be unrealistic.
That is why the SIG adopted a pragmatic, step-by-step methodology:
The result: a set of vendor-neutral Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), written in natural language, step by step. These SOPs are the cornerstone for all future work.
Now underway, vendors are translating the SOPs into technical specifications.
The outcome will be a single, harmonised set of specifications that all vendors can implement. SOPs, specifications, harmonised message libraries will be made available to hospital pharmacists, IT teams, and industry. The goal: a protocol that can be adopted, implemented, and required in tenders by anyone.
Transparency is central to the SIG. Our progress has been shared widely at EAHP events:
The journey will culminate at the EAHP Congress 2026 in Barcelona, with a live Interoperability Showcase.
For the first time, robots from different vendors will execute the agreed workflows together, proving that plug-and-play pharmacy automation is achievable.
This initiative is laying the foundation for a European standard for pharmacy automation interoperability.
Our ambition is clear: by 2026, hospital pharmacists will be able to require this protocol in procurement, and vendors will deliver equipment that is “plug-and-play” compliant.
This means:
And this is only the beginning. While the first SIG focuses on the automation layer, future SIGs will expand to include software vendors — progressively addressing prescribing, pharmacy management, and administration systems. Step by step, the framework will grow toward full closed-loop medication management.
Our ambition: leave a footprint in European hospital pharmacy, just as DICOM did for radiology !
The EAHP Special Interest Group on Interoperability in Pharmacy Automation is shaping the future of medication management. Whether you are a hospital pharmacist, a healthcare IT professional, or a vendor, we invite you to be part of the change.
Want to learn more?
👉 Contact EAHP today to explore how you can benefit from this new standard.
