Membership

• NATIONAL GROUPS
• INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP

National Groups

National organizations related to the goals of EURO-DURG are invited to submit a proposal for joint the EURO-DURG to the Committee. Please contact for further details with any of the following members:

• Chair
  Dr. Monique Elseviers (Belgium)
  Tel: +32 4739856
  Fax: +32 36648459
  e-mail: monique.elseviers@ua.ac.be
  
  
• Secretary
  Hege Salvesen Blix
  Tel: +47 23408163/22847707
  Fax: +47 23408146
  E-mail: hege.salvesen.blix@fhi.no

Individual Membership

In those countries in which there is no formal National Group affiliated to EURO-DURG, Individual Membership, and associate membership for drug utilization researchers from outside Europe, can be submitted to the Executive Committee. For doing that the interested person has to submit a short Curriculum Vitae (1-2 pages, including max. 5 recent publications/documents in the area with titles to be given in English).

The information can be sent directly to the secretariat:

• Secretary
  Hege Salvesen Blix
  Tel: +47 23408163
  Fax: +47 23408146
  E-mail: hege.salvesen.blix@fhi.no
   

Individual membership is 10 ECU/year, and this must be paid for a period of three years, by sending a bank transfer to the EURO-DURG Account, after recieved the acceptance from the Committee. Only after the payment of the first three years fee (30 ECUs) the membership will be active.

EURO-DURG ACCOUNT
The VAT Number is: G38420386

and the Bank Account is:  

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP REQUEST FORM

From the Constitution...  

2. DEFINITIONS
Drug utilization and pharmaco-epidemiological research is defined as research on the quantitative and qualitative aspects and the determinance of drug use, the determinants and the effects on specific patients specifically and on the population in general.

3. MISSION
The EURO DURG has as its mission "to promote drug utilization research as a means to improved use of drugs by providing an international forum for communication and cooperation between people interested in drug utilization research".
To achieve its mission, the EURO DURG may:
 

• a) encourage communication and cooperation between scientists in multidisciplines interested in researching drug utilization and pharmaco-epidemiology;
  b) work toward the adoption of standard international and national drug use research methodology;
  c) maximize the potential of the information available on drug utilization for improving patient care;
  d) cooperate with international and national drug regulatory authorities, such as the World Health Organization and the European Union, European Council, health insurance agencies, the pharmaceutical industry, academic departments and professional bodies in furthering drug utilization research and its application; and
  e) promote the incorporation of drug utilization research and its applications within educational programmes.

4. MEMBERSHIP
The EURO DURG accepts ordinary members, associate members and honorary members.
 

• Ordinary membership
  Ordinary membership of the EURO DURG is open to European residents with an active or developing involvement in drug utilization research. Legally constituted national organizations within Europe with a mission in accordance with that of the EURO DURG have collective membership of the EURO DURG.

  Associated membership
  EURO DURG may accept researchers with active involvement in drug utilization research from outside Europe as associate members.

  Honorary membership
  EURO DURG may award the title of Honorary member to persons who have given exceptional service to EURO DURG.