Belgium is an important country for the conduct of Clinical Trials. However, we are aware that this position is challenged from many sides and far from self-evident. ACRP, BAPU, BeAPP, and pharma.be have joined forces with the strategic intention to build a sustainable Clinical Trials environment in Belgium on the basis of what was achieved since the entry into force of the new regulatory framework in 2004.

NEWS 

• 24 January 2012 - New website highlights the Belgian pharmaceutical conference 2012 : main focus on 'The Impatient Patient©'
  
  pharma.be and BeAPP announce the launch of a new website of the Belgian pharmaceutical conference which will be held in Brussels on April 17th, 2012. The website offers immediate access to all info about the conference : the Umbrella theme 'The Impatient Patient©', the program, the top notch speakers, the top location and other practicalities. On April 17th you will discover on a national and European level, together with all healthcare partners, more about the growing tendency for patients to become more outspoken, critical and informed. Click here for more information (FR - NL)


• 20 May 2011 - Clinical Trials in Belgium: update of the situation
  The sharp drop in the number of clinical trials in 2009 in our country has slowed down in 2010. Carrying out a clinical trial is cheaper in Belgium than in the other Member States of the EU or in the US, but more expensive than in East Europe, China or Russia. A new wave of transfers to these countries is therefore not excluded. This is what emerges from a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers analysis at the request of « The Initiative to Promote Clinical Trials in Belgium » (The Initiative) which keeps on investing in maintaining clinical trials in our country. Click here for more information (FR - NL).
  


• 21 March 2011 - Leo Neels about the Belgian Pharmaceutical ConferenceOn the occasion of the Belgian Pharmaceutical Conference held on the 17th of March, Leo Neels, General Director pharma.be, has been interviewed by "Le Journal du médecin". In this interview, Leo Neels talked about the central topics of this event: clinical trials and e-healthcare. Click here for more information (FR - NL).



• 17 March 2011 - The Belgian Pharmaceutical Conference - Diamant Centre Brussels 
  BeAPP & pharma.be present the First Belgian Pharmaceutical Conference. The growing importance of data on the internet and the societal move to e-healthcare raises questions on transparency, compliance to local regulations, information available to the lay public, the reliability of data and the relationships between stakeholders.What will the impact be on industry and its position in the healtcare community?
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• 19 November 2010 - The symposium "Clinical trials: from European perspective to National Implementation" took place on November 19th 2010 and was organised by the European Clinical Trials Facilitation Group (CTFG), the Belgian Federal Agency for Medicinal and Health Products (FAMHP) and pharma.be, the federation of the Belgian Pharma industry. The importance of clinical research for Belgium is multiple: not only does the conduct of clinical trials deliver a substantial contribution to the economy in the form of investments and jobs, but clinical trials are also a driver for the financing of scientific and academic research. Both are important drivers in a knowledge economy, that contribute to innovation and to the development of better medicines for mankind. Europe may be lagging behind in clinical research activities, as compared to other regions. In order to be competitive in this domain, the European Union needs to put in place an efficient framework and there is a need for further incentives for R&D all across Europe as well. Therefore, the European Commission is reconsidering the global context of clinical research with the aim to harmonise and simplify, with the objective to make the processes more lenient and efficient. Click here for the press release (ENG).



• 19 May 2010 - Each year, the International Clinical Trials' Day is celebrated around the world on the 20th of May in commemoration of the day that James Lind started his famous trial on the 20th of May 1747. Today, 'the Initiative to Promote Clinical Trials in Belgium' and the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMPH) want to highlight the challenges and the importance of clinical trials in our country. Click here for the press release (FR - NL).



• The first event of THE INITIATIVE took place with the members of the Belgian clinical trial-community on Friday February 26, 2010, from 9h30 to 14h00, in Square (Brussels Meeting Center). Click here for the press release (FR - NL)