Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on health & pharma?
Pharmaceutical, biotech and medical-device companies and their associations, patients' and public-health groups, the health professions, health insurers, and the animal-health industry.
Organisations classified under Health & pharma account for 3,881 declared MEP meetings across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €69M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 7 November 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Type | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations↗ | Business group | 170 | 67 |
| Bayer AG↗ | Company | 151 | 82 |
| MedTech Europe↗ | Business group | 109 | 51 |
| MEDICINES FOR EUROPE↗ | Business group | 107 | 47 |
| Novartis International AG↗ | Company | 107 | 72 |
| AstraZeneca PLC↗ | Company | 96 | 50 |
| Novo Nordisk A/S↗ | Company | 94 | 47 |
| Johnson & Johnson↗ | Company | 79 | 50 |
| Eli Lilly and Company↗ | Company | 73 | 46 |
| AbbVie↗ | Company | 70 | 41 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Europe Belgium SRL↗ | Company | 63 | 42 |
| Affordable Medicines Europe↗ | Business group | 57 | 36 |
Also active here: 30 organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in health & pharma
- The ONE Campaign
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- VÖWG
- DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung)
- European Federation of National Associations of Water Services
- RELX
- Svenskt Vatten
- Chemicals, Health and Environment Monitoring Trust
- Amcor
- International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers
- Lubrizol
- Suomen Osuuskauppojen Keskuskunta
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance
- Avery Dennison Materials Europe BV
- Koppert
- SAFE
- ClonBio Group Ltd
- Dassault Systèmes
- European Industrial Gases Association AISBL
- Hazardous Waste Europe
- Bundesverband der Deutschen Spirituosen-Industrie und -Importeure e. V.
- Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française
- Industriegaseverband e.V.
- LanzaTech EU B.V
- CARBIOS
- Environment and Public Health Institute
- Life Science Manufacturers Association
- ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance
- World Green Building Council
MEPs most met by health & pharma organisations
Across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs. A member's own page counts this term only, so its sector figures can be lower.
Sector labels are this site's own: reviewers chose the sector for 117 of the 294 profiled organisations here, and the other 177 carry a keyword classification by this site over organisation names, goals and Register categories. See methodology.