In October 2005 the European CRO Federation - EUCROF was founded.
The members are the local CRO associations from Belgium (BeCRO), Germany (BVMA e.V.), France (AFCROs), Czech Republic (ACRO CZ), Italy (AICRO), the Netherlands (ACRON), Norway (NCROF), Spain (AECIC) and UK (CCRA).
Take a look at the Organisational Chart to see the approximately 200 legal entities in the 9 member countries. They represent about 170 different CROs.
The aims and objectives of EUCROF were defined as:
- Promote clinical research of high quality in the European Union (EU)
- Form a legal entity to represent the interests of CROs in the EU, for example, before regulatory bodies and in the exchange of information with the pharmaceutical/biotech industry and the medical research community
- Promote a close relationship and mutual understanding between the national member associations and the above-mentioned bodies
- Develop training and educational programmes for clinical research, and assist the national member associations in setting up such programmes and ensuring their quality
- Distribute information on developments in clinical research to health care professionals
- Organise international conferences and meetings
- Propose discussions on selected topics with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry in order to identify common matters and to improve business relations
- Develop transcontinental relationships with other associations e.g. with ACRO in the
The executive board members are:
Antoine Cournot (AFCROs-France) – President
Dr. Dagmar Chase (BVMA e.V. –
Anna Jurczynska (AECIC- Spain) – Treasurer
Dr. Stefano Marini (AICRO-Italy) – Board Member
