Associação Nacional das Farmácias
Acronym: ANF
General Information
Identification Code: 230671229116-26
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Entity Form: Associação
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 11/28/2017
Last Update: 9/18/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: ANF's mission is making community Pharmacies the most valued primary health care network by the Citizens.
ANF's is an association of Pharmacy owners and represents 95% of the portuguese pharmacies.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Business and industry
- Competition
- Consumers
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Employment and social affairs
- Public health
- Regional policy
- Single market
Levels of Interest:
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: All legal, economic and policy dossiers with impact on pharmacies and community Pharmacists namely Pharmaceutical legislation and regulation, veterinary legislation, data protection, Health digital market and the impact of fiscal policy on Health.
European Health Union and Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe are two important European dossiers that are being followed by ANF.
Medicines shortages: monitoring of shortages at national level and awareness at European level to the difficulties of access to medicines in Portugal.
Digital Single Market: new developments with impact on the healthcare sector are being followed and monitored. Contacts with European Commission and Portuguese MEPs to promote the Portuguese Pharmacies digital agenda.
European funding and opportunities to further develop pharmacy practice in Portugal, fostering digital transformation and patient-centred care,
Falsified Medicines Directive: ANF is actively involved in the implementation of the directive engaging with decision makers, regulators and other stakeholders both at national and European level. ANF is a member of the national stakeholders’ consortium, entity responsible for the implementation and operationalization of the commission delegated regulation requirements concerning the national repository.
European Semester: The European Commission analysis are monitored; regular economic updates on the Portuguese pharmaceutical market and pharmacy sector are send to relevant stakeholders namely DG ECFIN and DG SANTE.
Value Based Healthcare: identify new trends and opportunities in the field of VBH, highlighting the added value of pharmacies interventions to healthcare systems and patients.
Communication Activities: ANF publishes a monthly newsletter ANFInforma with regular updates on the projects implemented in community pharmacies as well as relevant economic and market data for policymakers; the magazine "Revista Farmácia Portuguesa" with institutional information related to the activities and projects of ANF and the community pharmacies; the magazine "Revista Saúda" to general the public with health information.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Rua Marechal Saldanha, n.º 1 1249-069
City: Lisboa
Country: PORTUGAL
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EU Office
Address: Rua Marechal Saldanha, n.º 1 1249-069
City: Lisboa
Country: PORTUGAL
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Financial Data
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 3
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 1.2999999523162842
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Organisation Members: PGEU - Pharmaceutical Group of the European union: http://www.pgeu.eu/en/
FIP - International Pharmaceutical Federation : www.fip.org
WPC - World Pharmacy council: https://www.worldpharmacycouncil.org/
CIP - Confederation of Portuguese Business: http://cip.org.pt/
CCP - Portuguese Commerce and Services Confederation: http://www.ccp.pt
AFPLP -Pharmacists Association of the Portuguese Speaking Countries : http://www.afplp.org/