BVMA

The “Bundesverband Medizinischer Auftragsinstitute” (BVMA) was founded in July 1991 in order to represent CROs (Contract Research Organisations) which are based in Germany or German speaking countries. The BVMA is based in Munich.

At present 48 companies, operating in the field of clinical research at a national as well as international level, are members of the Association (status: July 2023). Furthermore there is one honorary member. This means that the member companies with their approximately 6,000 employees represent more than 70% of the employees in the German CRO market. In addition to the mutual exchange between the member companies, the Executive Board regularly distributes information collected during local and European meetings of regulatory authorities and institutions. The Association’s efforts to be represented in the relevant committees of legislative bodies have been crowned with success in recent years.Many associations, institutions as well as the press consider the BVMA as the body which best represents the interests of the German CROs. All member companies are represented in these bodies via the Executive Board of the BVMA and the level of information they have at their disposal can certainly be regarded as exceptionally high.