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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who we are

efcg is the forum & the voice of the
european fine chemicals manufacturers.

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what’s new?
25 Jun 2026 - publication

What are pharmaceutical excipients?

EU-manufactured excipients are essential to the safety, performance and scalability of modern medical products. Strengthening the EU’s excipients industry is critical to sustaining pharmaceutical i...
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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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