What are the pharmaceutical industry’s main industry organizations and interest groups?
In Austria there are two types of interest groups in this sector: those with mandatory and those with optional membership. Mandatory groups (chambers): • Chamber of Physicians (Ärztekammer) – http://www.aek.or.at/ • Chamber of Pharmacists (Apothekerkammer) – http://www.apotheker.or.at/ • Chamber of Commerce (Wirtschaftskammer) – http://wko.at/awo/chamberinfo.htm , pharmaceutical companies are represented in three sections in the Chamber: business, manufacturing, and trade Optional groups (associations, unions): • ARGE Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical wholesale (Vereinigung der Pharmazeutischen Vollgrosshaendler Österreichs) – http://www.argepgh.at/arge.htm • IGEPHA: Austrian Self Medication Industry (Interessensgemeinschaft Österreichischer Heilmittelhersteller und Depositeure) (OTC) http://www.igepha.at/ •PHARMIG: Association of pharmaceutical companies (Verband der pharmazeutischen Industrie Österreichs) – http://www.pharmig.at/modules.php?name=Content&home=1&SESS=37f836f2d3bf2d2fdb8c
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