By company membership, the German Medicines Manufacturers´ Association (BAH) is the leading trade organisation of the pharmaceutical industry in Germany. It represents the interests of about 400 member companies, which create about 80,000 jobs in Germany. Globally operating medicines manufacturers are as involved in the manifold activities of the association as the broadly represented medium-sized businesses.
Besides medicines manufacturers, BAH membership is also comprised of pharmacists, lawyers, publishing houses and agencies, as well as market research and opinion research institutions.
BAH member companies contribute enormously to the securing of the supply of medicines in Germany.