"11th International Partnering Meeting" that was organized in collaboration with the Europharm SM and our union took place in Istanbul on 7-8 March 2013. 

Companies from 16 different countries were brought together at the meeting entitled "New Markets for Pharmaceutical SMEs Opportunities & Challenges". During the meeting, speakers from Europe and Turkey were present and the Secretary-General Turgut Tokgöz made a presentation entitled "Turkish Pharmaceutical Industry".

Europharm SMC which was founded in 2001 is an association that has members that are composed of small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies that are operating in Europe. Today, it represents nearly 200 companies from17 European countries.