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UEVP Stockholm 2009. EMEA = E uropean M edicines E valuation A gency Canary Wharf, London, UK Executive Director: Thomas Lönngren compare: EFSA (Italy), ECB (Germany) etc. UEVP Stockholm 2009. European Agencies are lead by their Executive Director
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UEVP Stockholm 2009 EMEA = European Medicines Evaluation Agency Canary Wharf, London, UK Executive Director: Thomas Lönngren compare: EFSA (Italy), ECB (Germany) etc.
UEVP Stockholm 2009 European Agencies are lead by their Executive Director and have a supervisory body, the Management Board appointedby the European Commission
UEVP Stockholm 2009 EMEA Management Board: 1 member per Member State = 27 members European Commission: 2 members European Parliament: 2 members European doctors’ organisation: 1 member European patients’ organisation: 1 member European veterinarians’ organisation: 1 member Total: 34 members
UEVP Stockholm 2009 EMEA: medicines HMPs = human medicinal products VMPs = veterinary medicinal products Cave: the nr.1 HMP is bigger business than all VMPs together (!)
UEVP Stockholm 2009 EMEA Management Board meets 4 times/year 1 meeting = 1 day except once per year: 2 days Extra meeting: special issue, e.g. how to manage quality Chairman Management Board: Pat O’Mahony (Irish veterinarian !)
UEVP Stockholm 2009 EMEA buildings: London 450 employees EMEA technical work: 6 committees Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) etc. New: Committee on Advanced Therapies (CAT)
UEVP Stockholm 2009 2 veterinary items: MUMS: reduction in EMEA fees European authorisation for Blue Tongue vaccine 1 general item: Will the world continue to spend so much money in search of new molecules to improve health?
UEVP Stockholm 2009 One essential remark: All EMEA information requires computer technology EMEA has chosen to update its ICT Member States fail to ask other parties about their standards and sometimes take terrible decisions….