Lobby organisation
European Healthcare Distribution Association
Business group · Health & pharma · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, European Healthcare Distribution Association appears in 17 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“GIRP, the European Healthcare Distribution Association, is a non-profit organisation, representing systemic wholesalers across Europe. Our members play a vital role in ensuring a reliable and efficient healthcare supply chain, getting more than 62 million packs of medicines from more than 3.500 manufacturers to around 180.000 community pharmacies, hospitals, and healthcare professionals.”
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“Our mission is to advance the healthcare distribution sector through knowledge exchange, advocacy, and high-impact events and initiatives.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 17 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2026 | Tiemo Wölken | General Exchange on Health Policy |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Sérgio Humberto | Cocktail Reception GIRP |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Kristoffer Storm | Critical Medicines Act |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Tomislav Sokol | Health policy |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Mohammed Chahim | Roundtable Critical Medicines Act |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Tiemo Wölken | Pharma Package and Critical Medicines Act |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Tilly Metz | Critical Medicines Act |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Stine Bosse | European health policy |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Adam Jarubas | Pharmaceutical strategy for Europe |
| 17 Jan 2024 | Tilly Metz | Pharma Package |
| 15 Nov 2023 | Ville Niinistö | Reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation |
| 16 Nov 2022 | Dolors Montserrat | Lessons learned on impact of COVID-19 pandemic |
| 5 May 2022 | Andreas Glück | Covid19-Pandamic |
| 27 Apr 2021 | Alex Agius Saliba | to discuss Commission's proposal on the resilience of critical entities |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Nicolás González Casares | EMA |
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