EUFEPS exists to help to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities created by the consolidations occurring both within Europe and globally, driven on by a combination of rapid advances in science and technology, economic pressures, and by political will. Within this frame, EUEFPS’s role and contributions are amply expressed in its mission statement “EUEFPS serves and advances excellence in the pharmaceutical sciences and innovative drug research in Europe”. Spearheading a number of initiatives, EUFEPS works with its membership, throughout the nations of Europe.