Patients' and Consumers' Working Party

The European Medicines Agency Human Scientific Committees' Working Party with Patients' and Consumers' Organisations (more commonly known as the Patients' and Consumers' Working Party or PCWP) provides recommendations to the European Medicines Agency and its human scientific committees on all matters of interest to patients in relation to medicinal products.

Mandate, rules of procedure and work programme

Information on the PCWP's responsibilities and composition are available in these documents:

• Mandate, objectives and rules of procedure
• Work plan

Composition

The PCWP is composed of representatives from patients' and consumers' organisations that fulfil the eligibility criteria, as well as the Agency's human scientific committees and the Agency secretariat.

The following patients' and consumers' organisations are represented:

• AGE Platform Europe (AGE);
• European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG);
• European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC);
• European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC);
• European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations (EFA);
• European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA);
• European Heart Network (EHN);
• European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP);
• European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS);
• European Patients' Forum (EPF);
• European Public Health Alliance (EPHA);
• Health Action International Europe (HAI);
• International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO);
• International Diabetes Federation European Region (IDF Europe);
• International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (IPOPI).

Related information

More information about the Agency's work with patients and consumers is also available.

Participants

Below (in alphabetical order of surname) are the current members, alternates and observers of the PCWP. The members' declarations of interests are available in the European expert list.