The EPC highly values strong partnerships with national pancreas societies and international pancreas organisations, and works together with them to advance research, education, and patient care across borders.
Why Collaboration Matters
Working Together Across Borders
Collaboration with national pancreas societies and major umbrella organisations allows the EPC to amplify its impact and speak with a unified voice on issues affecting pancreatic health across Europe and beyond.
Through these partnerships, the EPC works to:
- Align research priorities across clinical and basic research, ensuring efforts are complementary rather than duplicated
- Facilitate the exchange of clinical and scientific knowledge between societies, institutions, and researchers
- Strengthen patient advocacy through coordinated action on issues affecting the pancreatic health community
- Support the development of harmonised guidelines that reflect shared best practice
- Provide shared educational resources that benefit patients, clinicians, and researchers alike
By working closely with partner organisations, the EPC also ensures that patients ultimately benefit from stronger research alignment, coordinated advocacy, and access to consistent, high-quality guidance and education.
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National Societies
The EPC is committed to fostering strong relationships with national pancreas societies in Europe and actively cultivates partnerships through research collaboration, fellowship programmes, and joint educational initiatives.
You can find website information and contact details for European national pancreas societies here.
Partnerships
The EPC works closely with a number of leading organisations and national societies that share its commitment to advancing pancreatic science and improving outcomes for patients.
United European Gastroenterology (UEG)
The EPC is a proud member of United European Gastroenterology, Europe's leading non-profit organisation for excellence in digestive health, which unites over 50,000 professionals from national and specialist societies across the continent.
International Association of Pancreatology (IAP)
The International Association of Pancreatology is a unique international organisation established in 1985, bringing together basic scientists and clinical investigators from over 30 countries to explore pancreatic biology and pathophysiology in order to find new treatments and improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic disorders.
The EPC and IAP share the journal Pancreatology as their official publication and collaborate closely on research, guidelines, and scientific events — including a landmark joint meeting planned for Istanbul in 2026.
Japanese Pancreas Society (JPS)
The Japan Pancreas Society (JPS) aims to progress and disseminate the research on pancreatology.
The main activities of JPS are a) to hold annual meeting on pancreatology, b) to publish the journal ”Suizo”, c) to collaborate and cooperate with relevant research organizations in Japan and overseas and d) to carry out other activities that help JPS achieve its aims.
Korean Pancreatobiliary Association (KPBA)
The Korean Pancreatobiliary Association is dedicated to advancing knowledge and treatment of the pancreato-biliary diseases through education and research, thereby promoting people's health.
Pancreatic Cancer Europe (PCE)
The EPC is a member of Pancreatic Cancer Europe, a European multi-stakeholder platform that brings together experts from across Europe — including academics, physicians, politicians, and patient groups — with a shared commitment to improving care for patients with pancreatic cancer. PCE works to address existing gaps in awareness, diagnosis, and data collection. The EPC actively supports its advocacy efforts to make pancreatic cancer a more treatable disease.