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16 November 2022
EMA/8882520/2022
Executive Director
Your Excellency,
Subject: Nomination of representatives in the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human
Use (CHMP) 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 representative listed below is due to expire. I, therefore, invite you to
nominate representative for a new three-year mandate starting from the date indicated below. In case
you are nominating new representative and a different start date for the mandate is envisaged, please
inform me accordingly.
• Edward Laane Alternate 26 March 2023
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
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:
• Infectious diseases (e.g. COVID-19)
• Oncology
• Neurology
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• Ophthalmology
• Clinical pharmacokinetics
An overview of the current composition of the Committee and the expertise of its members is attached
for your information.
Please address the nominations to my attention, indicating full contact details for the nominees and the
start date of the mandate, together with any additional information you believe may assist these
nominations. In case you have already provided me with your nominations, I kindly ask you to
disregard this correspondence.
Yours faithfully,
Emer Cooke Digitally signed by Emer Cooke
Date: 2022.11.17 21:06:50 +01'00'
Emer Cooke
Executive Director
Encs:
Annex B
Current committee composition and expertise
EMA/8882520/2022 Page 2/2
Enith Li Saag
From: Obon Roger <
[email protected]>
Sent: reede, 18. november 2022 08:29
To: Esindus EL juures üldaadress
Cc: Mairi Kompus; Kärolin Jenas; CHMP DL; Nominations; Edward Laane
Subject: Estonia - 2022-11-16 - Nomination invitation for CHMP alternate
Attachments: Estonia - 2022-11-16 - Nomination invitation for CHMP alternate.pdf; CHMP List of
expertise.xlsx; Annex B_CHMP_EMA recommendation on criteira for competence
and expertise of new CHMP members and alternates.pdf
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 Agency’s Executive Director Emer Cooke.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions regarding this request for nomination.
For the information of National Competent Authority in cc of this e-mail,
The nominee, if not registered in the EMA Experts Database, will be required to complete the following
documents:
• Nomination form for European Experts: PDF version to be completed by the nominee and signed by the
Head of the National Competent Authority. The form is available on
http://experts.eudra.org/experts/jsp/expertdoc/Nomination_Form_2019.pdf
• Public declaration of interests: The blank form is available on
http://experts.eudra.org/experts/service/doi/blankform
• Electronic CV: During the completion of the eDoI, experts will be requested to submit an electronic CV.
This should be completed with as much detail as possible.
The EMA policy and following guidance documents can be found on the EMA website:
• European Medicines Agency policy on the handling of competing interests of scientific committees’
members and experts (link)
• Procedural guidance on inclusion of declared interests in the European Medicines Agency’s electronic
declaration of interests form (for scientific committees’ members and experts) (link)
• Guidance for submission and validation of electronic declaration of interests and electronic curriculum
vitae (link)
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.
Sincerely yours,
Roger Obon
Experts and Declarations of Interests Management
Meeting Secretariat Office
Committees and Quality Assurance Department
European Medicines Agency
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18 June 2015
EMA/397916/2015
Procedure Management and Committee Support
Recommendation on criteria for experience and expertise
of CHMP members and alternates
The following recommendation on criteria for experience and expertise is made to nominating
authorities and committees for consideration when the Agency invites them to nominate a new CHMP
member and alternate:
Academic expertise in the relevant scientific area, such as:
Internationally recognised academic qualification(s) /accreditation(s) (e.g. Degrees, Diplomas,
Post Graduate Qualifications (e.g. PhD), Professional Affiliations etc.) in life sciences or physical
sciences (medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, biology, …)
Delivering scientific expert views/opinions to National/European/International scientific bodies.
Direct working experience, after obtaining the academic qualification, in the relevant scientific
area, in a national competent authority, industry and/or academia/clinical practice
(university, hospital, research facility, private practise, etc.). Relevant experience will depend on
the core activities of the Committee but could be expected to include experience in one or more of
the following areas:
Clinical expertise in one or more therapeutic areas (either as a medical doctor or as a hospital
pharmacist)
Clinical co-ordinator / investigator in clinical trials
Member of Data Safety Monitoring Board or Scientific Advisory Board and / or experience of
working in or with ethics approval committees
Pre-clinical research and expertise (e.g. in toxicology, pharmacology)
Scientific research (e.g. in epidemiological studies, animal studies)
Research in the relevant “quality” areas, relating to the research and development of medicinal
products (e.g. molecular biology, gene technology)
Formulation, manufacture and control of medicinal products
Pharmacovigilance and risk management
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Advisory experience (leading to knowledge of regulatory requirements) in committees’/
scientific bodies’ activities. For example: member of Working Party or SAG, nominated by
EMA or NCA for involvement in EMA activities, experience in providing scientific advice for
central and/or national MAs, involvement in WHO, EDQM, FDA activities etc.)
Experience in the review of dossiers, preparation and provision of assessments reports for
central and/or national MAAs / experience in peer review of CHMP Assessment Reports/List of
Questions
Targeted publications in recognised and peer-reviewed scientific journals and / peer reviewing
activities for scientific journals.
Members and alternates nominated to the CHMP would be expected to have expertise in at
least one of the following areas – Quality, Non-Clinical, Clinical (general or covering therapeutic
areas from the mandatory scope of the centralised procedure), with optional expertise in other
therapeutic areas:
Quality
Synthetic chemicals
Biotech and biological
Non-clinical
Pharmacology and toxicology
Clinical (general)
Clinical pharmacology
Clinical pharmacokinetics
Statistics with experience from clinical trials methodology
Pharmacovigilance with expertise in epidemiology
Paediatrics
Clinical (mandatory scope)
Oncology
Diabetes and metabolism
Neurology
AIDS
Auto-immune diseases and other auto-immune dysfunctions
Viral diseases
Advanced therapies (gene, cell, tissue engineered)
Other therapeutic areas identified by the CHMP
Blood products
Cardiovascular diseases
Dermatology
Recommendation on criteria for experience and expertise of CHMP members and
alternates
EMA/397916/2015 Page 2/3
Gastroenterology
Ophthalmology
Psychiatry
Respiratory diseases
Rheumatology and musculoskeletal diseases
Vaccinology
Whilst a minimum period for such post graduate experience is not defined, please note for information,
that the length of experience of CHMP and PRAC members and alternates in June 2015 ranged from 2
to 40 years and in 2 out of 3 cases the member had a greater number of years of relevant experience
compared to the alternate.
Recommendation on criteria for experience and expertise of CHMP members and
alternates
EMA/397916/2015 Page 3/3
Saatja: Obon Roger <
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Saaja: Esindus EL juures üldaadress, Mairi Kompus, Kärolin Jenas, CHMP DL, Nominations, Edward Laane
Teema: Estonia - 2022-11-16 - Nomination invitation for CHMP 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 Agency’s Executive Director Emer Cooke.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions regarding this request for nomination.
For the information of National Competent Authority in cc of this e-mail,
The nominee, if not registered in the EMA Experts Database, will be required to complete the following documents:
• Nomination form for European Experts: PDF version to be completed by the nominee and signed by the Head of the National Competent Authority. The form is available on http://experts.eudra.org/experts/jsp/expertdoc/Nomination_Form_2019.pdf
• Public declaration of interests: The blank form is available on http://experts.eudra.org/experts/service/doi/blankform
• Electronic CV: During the completion of the eDoI, experts will be requested to submit an electronic CV. This should be completed with as much detail as possible.
The EMA policy and following guidance documents 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 Agency’s electronic declaration of interests form (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>)
• Guidance for submission and validation of electronic declaration of interests and electronic curriculum vitae (link<https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/other/guidance-submission-validation-electronic-declaration-interests-electronic-curriculum-vitae_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.
Sincerely yours,
Roger Obon
Experts and Declarations of Interests Management
Meeting Secretariat Office
Committees and Quality Assurance Department
European Medicines Agency
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