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European CRO Federation

Acronym: EUCROF

General Information

Identification Code: 898445414948-91
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Entity Form: Non-profit organisation
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 11/26/2014
Last Update: 10/7/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The objective of EUCROF (the European CRO Federation), a non-profit organisation founded in 2005, is to promote Clinical Research by improving the knowledge, competence/expertise and skills of Contract/Clinical Research Organisations (CROs) in Europe. The Federation represents and supports the interests of CROs in Europe towards regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, patients associations and other healthcare-related entities, within the field of clinical research. As one of the stakeholders, EUCROF is interested in promoting and supporting high-quality clinical trials by observing internationally agreed ethical, technical and scientific principles. EUCROF organises and supports training and education programmes to increase the quality of clinical research and to improve collaboration and interaction amongst all stakeholders in the field in Europe. Active participation in international congresses and meetings further underlines the significant role of CRO (...)
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Education and training
  • Public health
  • Research and innovation
  • Trans-European Networks
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: During the last year, EUCROF has performed many activities as stakeholder, invited to represent the Contract Research Organisations point of view on many Clinical Research issues, new rules and regulations during formal meetings with the European Medicinal Agency (EMA), Paediatric Research Consortia, Patient Associations and Conferences on Clinical Research: -EMA: EU clinical trials portal and Union database: meeting with stakeholders, Amsterdam -EMA: Participation to UAT for EU Portal - GCP Inspectors WG and interested parties Joint Meeting -Enpr-EMA meetings EUCROF has created 12 active working groups: 1. Clinical Trials Centres 2. Clinical Trials Legislation 3. Clinical Trials Logistics 4. Communication 5. Early Phase 6. Events and Training 7. Innovative Medicines 8. Medical Devices 9. New Technologies 10. Paediatrics 11. Patients' Associations 12. Pharmacovigilance 13. Real World Data & Digital Health EUCROF held its 6th European Conference on Clinical Research in Madrid (Spain) on 7 & 8 February 2022.
Communication Activities: By October 2014 EUCROF releases its Position Paper on “Transparency in Early Phase Clinical Research” published as official comment by EMA 18 September 2015 EMA has published the Draft appendix on disclosure rules to the “Functional specifications for the EU portal and EU database to be audited - EMA/42176/2014 - EUCROF submission of expert opinion on publication of Phase 1 summary results in relation to patent protection was essential contribution to the improvement of the document. Regarding the GDPR regulation, EUCROF is in a well-advanced process of EU GDPR authorities' approval on the first and up to-now unique Code Of Conduct related to Clinical Trial transparency conduct
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Tappersweg 12T
Post Code: 2031 ET
City: Haarlem
Country: NETHERLANDS
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EU Office

Address: Tappersweg 12T
Post Code: 2031 ET
City: Haarlem
Country: NETHERLANDS
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: The costs are low compared to the number and time of people involved because their contribution is mostly on a voluntary basis, without compensation

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 5
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 1
Members: 6
Members F T E: 2
Info Members: The engaged members of the Executive Board: Dr Martine Dehlinger-Kremer (President) Dr Stefano Marini (Vice-President) Mr. Simon Lee (Secretary) Mr. Yoani Matsakis (Treasurer) Mr. Christophe Golenvaux (Board Member)

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: www.eucrof.eu
Organisation Members: The EUCROF is collaborating with further organizations: 1. Association of Clinical Research Organizations or ACRO (in the USA) 2. EFGCP, European Federation for Good Clinical Practice 3. EPF Moreover, there is ongoing collaboration with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, such as EFPIA.