Caroline Ven – CEO, pharma.be
pharma.be is the association of the Belgian R&D-based pharmaceutical industry, representing over 42,000 employees at 130 companies. CEO Caroline Ven outlines the crucial role that pharma.be and its members played…
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pharma.be, the General Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry, currently groups 140 pharmaceutical companies with operations in Belgium. As a full partner of physicians, pharmacists, hospitals, governments and other stakeholders, it has a mission to promote better health through therapeutic innovation in the field of medicinal products for human use. A top priority is to ensure that Belgian patients can gain access to the ‘medicines of tomorrow’ arising from research and development as soon as possible.
Serving the interests of the pharmaceutical industry while taking into consideration all relavent stakeholders as well.
pharma.be is the association of the Belgian R&D-based pharmaceutical industry, representing over 42,000 employees at 130 companies. CEO Caroline Ven outlines the crucial role that pharma.be and its members played…
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