As an EU member country, Greece offers the Pharmaceutical Industry economic and political stability, compliance with EU regulation, and access to EU research and development funding. Greece is scheduled to adopt the EURO by 2001. The EURO will be a widely accepted and stable major world currency versus the current Greek Drachma. This is a safeguard against currency fluctuations.
Labor market is highly educated and skilled.
This high education level allows foreign companies to hire domestic labor, minimizes expensive expatriate labor, and also reduces the language barrier. Access to new, high potential markets in the Middle East and Meditteranean. This will facilitate the easy movement of bulk goods in or out of Greece. Dramatic improvements in Greece's infrastructure will continue until 2006. For example, Greece has 39 international airports and will have a new Athens International Airport in 2001.