PAGB wins Best Trade Association at the Memcom Excellence Awards

We are incredibly proud to announce that PAGB has been awarded Best Trade Association at the 2024 Memcom Excellence Awards.

We are incredibly proud to announce that PAGB has been awarded Best Trade Association at the 2024 Memcom Excellence Awards!

This achievement reflects our relentless commitment to supporting and championing our members. As we near the end of our five-year strategy, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on the strides we’ve made together, with this award recogising all of our successes representing the interests of the consumer healthcare sector and empowering self-care.

The judges commented:

PAGB demonstrated substantial impact on public health through their major programme of work to widen access to self-care via medicine reclassification. The judges recognised the significant effort this involved in relationship building with policy makers and the wider industry. Alongside this PAGB achieved 100% membership satisfaction, demonstrating their ability to deliver for members while also driving forward a brave reform agenda. This was brought to life with fantastic member testimonials, clearly showing the positive impact of PAGB membership.

Our thanks go to the Memcom judging panel for acknowledging our efforts and achievements, alongside all of the remarkable organisations that were nominated on the shortlist as well.

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