The first ever edition of ETIF took place in 2000, from October 4th to October 7th in Costa Salguero. The event received 4806 visitors, 93 exhibiting firms and 3420 attendees to the activities of the Scientific/Technological Congress, which comprised 92 hours of conferences about a variety of relevant topics.

The success achieved established ETIF as the most important event for the Pharmaceutical Industry in South America.