making the essential building blocks for today’s crop protection products

ensuring increased farming yields and preventing plant and livestock diseases.
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making the essential building blocks for today’s pharmaceuticals

two-thirds of fine chemicals are used as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) or excipients in medicines.
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efcg is the forum & the voice of the
european fine chemicals manufacturers.

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22 May 2026 - publication

EFCG Position Paper on the Global Health Resilience Initiative

EFCG, the European Fine Chemicals Group representing the European manufacturers of fine chemicals including Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), excipients and intermediates, welcomes the Euro...
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19 May 2026 - publication

Strengthening Europe’s Health Biomanufacturing Value Chains with the Biotech Act I - May 2026

The European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG), a sector group of Cefic representing the European manufacturers of fine chemicals including Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), drug substances, excipie...
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13 May 2026 - publication

EFCG Position Paper on the provisional agreement on the CMA

The European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG) welcomes the provisional agreement reached between the European Council and the European Parliament on the Critical Medicines Act (CMA) on 12 May 2026. Thi...
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