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Lobby organisation

Anticancer Fund

NGO / non-profit · Health & pharma · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Anticancer Fund appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.6
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Anticancer Fund is dedicated to expanding the range of treatment options available to patients, regardless of their commercial value. The Anticancer Fund is a foundation of public utility with an international reach that focuses on the cure of cancer patients by: - Supporting the development of promising cancer treatments that are currently neglected and bringing the most valuable treatments…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA444%
European People's Party333%
Renew Europe111%
Socialists & Democrats111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
1
2022
0
2023
2
2024
1
2025
1
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tilly Metz
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Liesbet Sommen
2 meetings · EPP
Irena Joveva
1 meeting · Renew
Estelle Ceulemans
1 meeting · S&D
Sirpa Pietikäinen
1 meeting · EPP

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Jun 2026Liesbet SommenGrensoverschrijdende patiëntenrechten
14 Jan 2026Liesbet SommenInleiding tijdens event in Europees Parlement over onderzoeksproject Force
1 Oct 2025Sirpa PietikäinenCancer
5 Dec 2024Estelle CeulemansDossier SANT à venir
10 Oct 2023Tilly MetzPharma Package
2 May 2023Tilly MetzRevision of the Pharma Package
8 Jan 2021Tilly MetzAffordable medicines
3 Mar 2020Tilly MetzCancer Plan
4 Dec 2019Irena JovevaBeating cancer

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