Over The Counter 20 Feb 2024: AESGP’s 60th Birthday Celebrations In 2024 Including Annual Meeting, With Jurate Švarcaite

The Association of the European Self-Care Industry celebrates its 60th birthday this year. In this episode, we catch up with AESGP director general, Jurate Švarcaite, to find out how the association will mark the occasion, including at this year’s Annual Meeting in Brussels in June. AESGP Annual Meetings are an excellent way to find out what the key issues and trends are impacting the European consumer health industry, and this one will be no different. We talk through some of the key themes of this year’s conference. Sustainability continues to be a mega-trend, closely followed by digitalization and artificial intelligence. With its wide-ranging footprint across OTC medicines, food supplements and self-care medical devices sectors, the consumer health industry is facing an avalanche of regulations, and the AESGP continues to be an effective advocate for its stakeholders, alongside adjacent industry partners. 

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Further Reading

Association Focus In 2024: Self-Care, Sustainability And Prospects For Political ‘Reorientation’

EU Medicines And Cosmetics Industries Set To Pay Up To 80% Of Wastewater Treatment Costs

European Parliament Looks To Kick-Start Botanical Health Claims Assessment

Why Did The European Commission Decide All Antimicrobials Should Be Rx-Only?

AESGP Annual Meeting: Sustainability Optional Now, But Not For Long, Warns Haleon

Longer Exclusivity Periods For EU Centralized Rx-To-OTC Switches? Commission Says No

Further Listening

Over The Counter 11 Sept 2023: Trends Shaping The OTC Industry Today, With BSS Consulting’s Birgit Schuhbauer

Over The Counter 9 May 2023: Progressing The Global Self-Care Industry’s Sustainability Agenda With GSCF’s Padmaja Kamath

What You Need To Know About The EU Green Claims Directive, With PHD’s Jo Stephenson

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