As a strategic goal, liaison with other European and International organisations in the area of pharmaceutical sciences is essential for EUFEPS.

EUFEPS co-sponsors, and participates in the scientific programme of the World Congress in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and is organising the World Conference on Drug Absorption and Drug Delivery. Other initiatives include the innovative
annual Optimising Drug Development conferences, the New Safe Medicines Faster project aimed at the EU 6th RTD Framework Programme, educational and training programmes, as well as the biennial Congresses in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, which bring together European scientists from all the disciplines comprising the pharmaceutical sciences.

Formal and informal relationships with other organisations include:

Pharmaceutical Sciences

• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
• American Society of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (ASCPT)
• European Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT)
• FIP Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FIP BPS)
  
• International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX)

Drug Development

• Center for Drug Development Science (CDDS), Washington, DC USA
• European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM), Basel, Switzerland
• European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research/Medical Research/Modelling during drug development (COST B15)
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Brussels, Belgium
• Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden, The Netherlands
• Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD), Boston, MA USA.

Regulatory Bodies

The European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) has recognised EUFEPS as an independent European scientific sounding board. EUFEPS has e.g. given scientific advice on the Note for Guidance (NfG) proposal for Bioavailability and Bioequivalence.

US Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (FDA CDER). A good working relationship is in place as an active EUFEPS Liaison Officer for EUFEPS (Dr Lawrence J. Lesko, PhD) was appointed.


European Union

EUFEPS has developed relations with the EU on the level of the Commission.

An EU Liaison Officer for EUFEPS (Assoc. Prof. Maj-Inger Nilsson) is stationed in Brussels. The most important activity, currently, is the EUFEPS proposal for a key action within the RTD Framework Programme - New Safe Medicines Faster (NSMF).