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Teema: FW: Estonia - 2026-06-08 - Nomination invitation for PDCO member and alternate
From: Barbero Martina <
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Subject: Estonia - 2026-06-08 - Nomination invitation for PDCO member and alternate
Your Excellency,
Please find attached a letter signed by the European Medicines Agency's Executive Director requesting the nomination of a representative to the Agency's Scientific Committees.
The letter is accompanied by:
Annex B
Committee composition and expertise
You are kindly invited to address nominations to the European Medicines Agencys Executive Director at
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> (with copy to
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> ).
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions regarding this request for nomination.
For the information of the National Competent Authority in cc of this email
The nominee, if not registered in Experts Management Tool, will be required to register at: https://experts.ema.europa.eu/ <https://experts.ema.europa.eu/>
Registering in the Experts Management Tool, experts will be required to provide: Contact details and areas of expertise, Declaration of Interests, Curriculum Vitae. This should be completed with as much detail as possible.
Instructions on how to register in the Experts Management Tool can be found in this user manual (link <https://experts.ema.europa.eu/csp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0010555> ).
The EMA policy and guidance document can be found on the EMA website:
European Medicines Agency policy on the handling of competing interests of scientific committees members and experts (link <https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/other/policy-44-european-medicines-agency-policy-handling-competing-interests-scientific-committees_en.pdf> )
Procedural guidance on inclusion of declared interests in the European Medicines Agencys declaration of interests (for scientific committees members and experts) (link <https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/regulatory-procedural-guideline/procedural-guidance-inclusion-declared-interests-european-medicines-agencys-electronic-declaration_en.pdf> )
Nominees will be subject to a pre-screening of any declared competing interest in line with the Agency's policy on handling of competing interests. In case of a negative outcome, the Agency will provide feedback of this screening to the nominating authority for subsequent consideration.
I would like to emphasize the importance of a timely nomination of a committee member to ensure the continuous representation of your Member State in the Committee. To avoid a vacant committee member position when an alternate position is already filled, you may consider nominating the alternate (temporarily) as member.
Please also inform me if you intend to keep the position temporarily vacant. If no nomination is received, the position will be considered temporarily vacant until a nomination is received.
Sincerely yours,
Martina Barbero
Experts and Declarations of Interests Management
Meeting Secretariat Office
Committees and Quality Assurance Department
European Medicines Agency <https://www.ema.europa.eu/>
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EMA/PDCO/133176/2026
Executive Director
Your Excellency,
Subject: Nomination of representatives in the Paediatric Committee (PDCO) of the European
Medicines Agency
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, members and alternates of the European Medicines
Agency’s Management Board and scientific committees are nominated for a three-year mandate by EU
member states and EEA-EFTA countries.
The three-year mandate of the representatives listed below is due to expire. I, therefore, invite you to
nominate representatives for a new three-year mandate starting from the date indicated below. In
case you are nominating new representatives and a different start date for the mandate is envisaged,
please inform me accordingly.
• Jana Lass Member 19 October 2026
• Liisa Saare Alternate 19 October 2026
I would like to emphasize the importance of a timely nomination of a committee member to ensure the
continuous representation of your Member State in the Committee. To avoid a vacant committee
member position when an alternate position is already filled, you may consider nominating the
alternate (temporarily) as member.
Please also inform me if you intend to keep the position temporarily vacant. If no nomination is
received, the position will be considered temporarily vacant until a nomination is received.
In making your nominations, please note that the Agency’s Management Board has determined that
members of scientific committees should meet conditions concerning their declarations of interests as
described in the Policy on the handling of competing interests of scientific committees’ members and
experts. This policy can be found on the EMA website.
I would like to draw your attention to the attached Annex B, which lists the recommended criteria for
experience and expertise of the Committee members and alternates for consideration when nominating
a new representative.
As agreed with the network of the Heads of Medicines Agencies in order to address the increasing
complexity in scientific developments related to the Committee’s activities, the current expertise of the
Committee and the expertise required for upcoming procedures are monitored. It would be appreciated
if the following specific areas of expertise that were identified as desirable for the current and
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upcoming work of the Committee, could be taken into consideration when nominating a new
representative, subject to the availability of such expertise to the relevant competent authority in your
country:
• Paediatric psychiatry
• Paediatric cardiology
• Non-clinical development of medicinal products, including expertise in juvenile animal studies to
support neonatal and paediatric studies
• Biostatistics
• Paediatric neurology
• Paediatric nephrology/urology
• Paediatric radiology/imaging
• Gene therapy
• Medical genetics
− NCA staff member or Academic
An overview of the current composition of the Committee and the expertise of its members is attached
for your information.
Please address the nomination to my attention at
[email protected] (with copy to
[email protected]), indicating full contact details for the nominee and the start date of the
mandate, together with any additional information you believe may assist this nomination. In case you
already provided me with your nomination, I kindly ask you to disregard this correspondence.
Yours faithfully,
Digitally signed by Emer Cooke
Emer Cooke Date: 2026.06.08 10:30:32
+02'00'
Emer Cooke
Executive Director
Encs:
Annex B
Current committee composition and expertise
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