On 20 October 2026, EPLA will host its annual conference where we will gather legal, regulatory, institutional, and industry experts to explore key developments in EU pharmaceutical law. This year’s edition will focus on the EU Pharmaceutical Package and its far-reaching implications for the life sciences sector.
Please note this is a fully in-person event taking place at Thon Hotel EU, Brussels.
Georgia Gavriilidou
Head of the Legal Department at the European Medicines Agency
Kaili Semm
Policy Officer at DG SANTE, European Commission
Tine Carmeliet
Policy Advisor to the Belgian Minister of Health
Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe
Partner at Gorrissen Federspiel
Former Advocate General at the Court of Justice
Helena Aldaz Lago
Senior Legal Counsel at ESTEVE
Kasper Ernest
Director General of the European Healthcare Distribution Association (GIRP)
Rim Ghedira
Director IP Policy at
Johnson & Johnson
Mila Pohl
Deputy Secretary General of PHAGO
Cyril Durou
Senior Environmental & Water regulation expert at CEHTRA
Julie Bonhomme
Director, Legal Affairs & Compliance at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries (EFPIA)
Francisco Javier García
Partner at Uría Menéndez
Libby Amos-Stone
Partner at Arnold & Porter
Claudio Cannizzaro
Legal Affairs Manager at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
Marie Sanchez
Lawyer & Founder at NOOA Avocats
Lluís Alcover
Partner at Faus & Moliner
Alexandros Kortesis
Partner at Potamitis Vekris
Andreas Natterer
Partner at Schönherr Rechtsanwälte &
EPLA Vice-President
Martin Dræbye Gantzhorn
Partner at Gorrissen Federspiel
Membership is open to individuals who, by their professional activities or their publications, contribute to the development of pharmaceutical law in a legal or a non-legal field including lawyers, scientists, academics and employees of pharmaceutical companies.
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