The ECA was founded on the 1st of January 1999 as an independent not-for-profit organisation. It is chaired by a Scientific Advisory Board with 11 members of the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory authorities. With the beginning of 2010 the organisation was transferred to a Foundation. The Foundation is comprised of an educational organisation (ECA Academy) and various non-profit interest and working groups. The modern structure of the ECA Foundation allows to develop and include the activities of these groups and to have more flexibility to build new groups that support the needs of our ECA Academy’s members. Close to 4,000 members in the Foundation’s educational organisation ECA Academy from all over Europe and abroad represent more than 60 countries.