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Over The Counter: What To Expect From The 61st AESGP Annual Meeting, With Jurate Švarcaite

 
• By David Ridley

HBW Insight speaks to AESGP director general Jurate Švarcaite about what's on the agenda for the upcoming 61st AESGP Annual Meeting, which will take place in Warsaw, Poland, between 2-4 June. Highlights include the role of prevention in self-care, discussions about how regulators will ensure the competitiveness of European industry on the world stage and incoming changes to sustainability legislation.

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HBW speaks to AESGP’s Jurate Švarcaite about the 61st AESGP Annual Meeting. • Source: Citeline Design Team

Europe’s self-care industry leaders, policymakers and stakeholders are heading to Warsaw, Poland from 4-6 June this year for the Association of the European Self-Care Industry’s 61st Annual Meeting.

With Poland heading up the EU Council and the country being one of the largest and most self-care friendly markets...

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