CPhI turns 25 today

As CPhI Worldwide prepares to open its doors in Paris next week, EPM will be looking back at some of the highlights of its 25 year history.

The first glance back in time takes us to the conception of Global Pharmaceutical Relief, an organisation with a particularly poignant role to play this year. The group was formed on the back of a meeting at CPhI only two years ago, and today provides hundreds of millions of dollars worth of medicines to the developing world via NGOs.

“It all started with an idea on the back of a napkin, but the key suppliers and manufacturers we met at CPhI enabled us to turn this into a reality. Now when there is an emergency and Governments and NGOs need a medical treatment supplied, Global Pharmaceutical Relief is able to help thanks to the distribution and supplier agreements made at the CPhI Worldwide”, said Matthew Rosen, CEO at Global Pharmaceutical Relief.

Over the years, CPhI itself has grown from 400 people attending a European ingredients conference to a global trade show playing host to 35,000 attendees and 2,500 exhibitors from 140 countries.