Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Varian Medical Systems International AG
EU Transparency Register
185216022477-29 First registered on 27 Jun 2016
Goals / Remit
Varian's mission is to focus energy on saving lives. Varian pioneered the use of high-energy X-rays for cancer treatments and developed the first linear accelerators to deliver radiotherapy. Today, Varian is the world's leading supplier of radiotherapy treatment solutions, continually improving delivery systems and advancing the field with new technologies, such as radiosurgery and proton therapy.
Main EU files targeted
Varian Medical Systems primarily follows EU initiatives, policies and legislative files relating to data privacy, public health and/or research and innovation (e.g., Horizon 2020), EU policy on cancer care, reimbursement and HTA, the implementation of the medical devices regulation, and medical software/AI initiatives.
Address
Head Office
Varian Medical Systems International AG
Hinterbergstrasse 14
Cham 6330
SWITZERLAND -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
EU affairs issues are managed by the Senior Director responsible for government affairs based in the Netherlands and cover 20% of their working time. Additional support is provided at times by the Western Europe Government Affairs Director (based in Steinhausen, Switzerland) up to a maximum of 10% of their time.
To clarify: 20% of Senior Director's time and 10% of Director's time. Equivalent to 30% of one FTE.Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Andrew Whitman (Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Market Access)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Jean-Luc Devleeschauwer (President, Oncology Systems EMEIA & CIS)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) - advamed.org; European Coordination Committee of the Radiological Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) - cocir.org; Global Diagnostic Imaging, Healthcare IT and Radiation Therapy Trade Association (DITTA) - globalditta.org
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Horizon 2020; Europe 2020 Strategy; General Data Protection Regulation
Other activities
Varian Medical Systems is currently a member of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2) and a member of a multi-stakeholder project co-funded under the IMI2.
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 05 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Proton Therapy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu Portfolio Regional Policy Attending - Mathieu Fichter (Cabinet member)