Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
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
At Varian, we envision a world without fear of cancer. For more than 70 years, we have developed, built and delivered innovative cancer care technologies and solutions for our clinical partners around the globe to help them treat millions of patients each year. With an Intelligent Cancer Care approach, we are harnessing advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics to enhance cancer treatment and expand access to care.
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 Europe), 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
Steinhausen 6312
SWITZERLAND -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
EU affairs issues are managed by the Director responsible for government affairs based in Austria and cover 20% of their working time. Additional support is provided at times by the Southeast Europe Government Affairs Specialist (based in Budapest, Hungary) up to a maximum of 5% of their time.
To clarify: 20% of Director's time and 5% of Specialist time. Equivalent to 25% of one FTE.Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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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
N/A
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,800,000 € (Source: EFRE (1.7mn); INSPIRE H2020 (110k))
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Horizon Europe; Europe's Beating Cancer Plan; Innovative Training Networks; IMI
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)