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Membership Eligibility

IPEC-Americas has three classes of membership:

Full Members
Affiliate Members;
and Associate Members.

Full Members are firms whose business regularly involves the production or manufacture of:

(i) pharmaceutical or other excipients
(ii) bulk excipient formulations (e.g., excipient blends); or
(iii) finished dosage pharmaceuticals or delivery systems containing pharmaceuticals or other excipients.

Affiliate Members are subsidiaries of full Members whose management is not controlled on a day-to-day basis by the Full Member company's management and who otherwise qualify for full membership.

Associate Members may consist of consultants, suppliers, advertising and marketing agencies and other individuals or companies who are interested in the activities of the Council and are either not paid or employed by a company or business entity that could qualify as a Full or Affiliate Member.

Employees of firms in all three membership classes may serve on Council standing and special committees, to receive membership bulletins and mailings, and to attend Council meetings and conferences. Associate Members, however have no voting rights and are not eligible for elective office.

Member Benefits

In addition to specific benefits outlined in the categories below, members of IPEC-Americas, Inc. have access to the site's password protected Member Lounge. If you work for a company on the Member Companies page, ask your member delegate for the password to the Member Lounge. If you do not know the name of your company's delegate, send an e-mail to info@ipecamericas.org.

Membership also allows company employees to access breaking news available only to members, sometimes ahead of trade press reports. You also can respond to draft compendial monographs through the WebBoard feature and see other member's comments at the same time.

Companies doing business in the U.S., Canada, and throughout Latin America that either produce or manufacture pharmaceutical excipients or finished drug dosage forms that contain excipients, and who sell their products in the Western Hemisphere are eligible for full membership in IPEC-Americas.

Employees of Full Member companies may chair and serve on all standing and special committees with full voting rights; they may attend Council meetings, receive bulletins, newsletters, and membership mailing, and may hold elective office.

Companies that are divisions or subsidiaries of Full Members but whose management is not controlled on a day-to-day basis by the Member and whose business also regularly involves the production or use of pharmaceutical excipients are eligible for affiliate membership.

Employees of Affiliate Member companies may chair and serve on all standing and special committees with full voting rights; they may attend Council meetings, receive bulletins, newsletters, and membership mailings.

There are five categories of Associate members in IPEC-Americas.

Academic ($100 annual dues)
Current or retired faculty of schools of pharmacy or related sciences.

Individual Consultants & Companies with no more than 2 Employees ($250 annual dues)

Not For Profit Scientific Organization ($100 annual dues)
Groups whose membership primarily is composed of individuals.

Pharmaceutical Industry Associations ($250 annual dues)
Organizations whose memberships primarily are composed of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Suppliers of Specialized Services ($1,000 annual dues)
This category includes excipient distributors, advertising agencies, publications, research firms, packagers, etc.

Associate Members may serve on most committees, attend Council meetings and receive bulletins, newsletters, and membership mailings. However, they may not hold elective office and have no voting rights.

Dues Schedule

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last updated: 2/25/08