COMP members
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) publishes details of the members of its Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP).
The COMP consists of:
- a chair, elected by serving COMP members;
- one member nominated by each of the EU Member States;
- one member nominated by each of the EEA-EFTA States;
- three members nominated by the European Commission on the Agency's recommendation;
- three members representing patients' organisations nominated by the European Commission.
All members serve on the committee for a renewable three year period.
List of members
The list includes each member's:
- affiliation;
- curriculum vitae;
- declaration of interests and confidentiality undertaking.
For more information on EMA's policy on handling competing interests for committee members, see Handling competing interests.
For contact details, please refer to the affiliated organisations of individual committee members.
Members
Members nominated by the Member States
Members nominated by the European Commission on the EMA's recommendation
Members representing patients' organisations nominated by the European Commission
Chair
- Name
- Violeta Stoyanova-Beninska
- Affiliation
- College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen
- Address
- Graadt van Roggenweg 500, 3531 AH Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
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Vice-chair
- Name
- Armando Magrelli
- Affiliation
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità
- Address
- Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, ITALY
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Members nominated by the Member States
Austria
- Name
- Brigitte Schwarzer-Daum
- Affiliation
- Universität Wien
- Address
- Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, 1090 Wien, AUSTRIA
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Belgium
- Name
- Tim Leest
- Affiliation
- Federaal Agentschap voor Geneesmiddelen en Gezondheidsproducten - Agence Fédérale des Médicaments et des Produits de Santé
- Address
- Galileolaan 5/03, Avenue Galilée 5/03, B-1210 Brussel - Bruxelles, BELGIUM
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Bulgaria
- Name
- Lyubina Racheva Todorova
- Affiliation
- ИЗПЪЛНИТЕЛНА АГЕНЦИЯ ПО ЛЕКАРСТВАТА
- Address
- 8, Damyan Gruev str., 1303 Sofia, BULGARIA
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Croatia
- Name
- Dinko Vitezic
- Affiliation
- Rijeka University School of Medicine
- Address
- Braće Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, CROATIA
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Cyprus
- Name
- Elli Loizidou
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Health
- Address
- Pharmaceutical Services, 15 Polyphimou, Strovolos industrial Area , 2033 Nicosia, CYPRUS
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Czechia
- Name
- Jana Mazelova
- Affiliation
- Státní ústav pro kontrolu léčiv
- Address
- Srobarova 48, 100 41 Prague, CZECHIA
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Denmark
- Name
- Elisabeth Penninga
- Affiliation
- Danish Medicines Agency
- Address
- Axel Heides Gade 1, 2300 København S, DENMARK
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Estonia
- Name
- Vallo Tillmann
- Affiliation
- Tartu University Childrens's Hospital
- Address
- Lunini 6, 51014 Tartu, ESTONIA
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Finland
- Name
- Karri Penttila
- Affiliation
- Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus
- Address
- P.O.Box 55, FI-00034 Helsinki, FINLAND
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France
- Name
- Cécile Dop
- Title
- Assessor
- Affiliation
- Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé
- Address
- 143-147 Boulevard Anatole France, 93285 St Denis Cedex, FRANCE
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Germany
- Name
- Frauke Naumann-Winter
- Affiliation
- Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte
- Address
- Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 3, 53175 Bonn, GERMANY
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Greece
Awaiting Nomination.
Hungary
- Name
- Zsofia Gyulai
- Title
- assessor
- Affiliation
- Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet
- Address
- Zrínyi u. 3, H-1051 Budapest, HUNGARY
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Iceland
Awaiting Nomination.
Ireland
Awaiting Nomination.
Italy
- Name
- Enrico Costa
- Affiliation
- Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco
- Address
- Via del Tritone, 181, 00187, Roma, ITALY
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Latvia
- Name
- Irena Rogovska
- Affiliation
- Zāļu valsts aģentūra
- Address
- Jersikas iela 15, LV-1003 Riga, LATVIA
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Liechtenstein
- Name
- Vlasta Zavadova
- Title
- Head of Medicinal Products
- Affiliation
- Amt für Gesundheit
- Address
- Äulestrasse 51, 9490 Vaduz, LIECHTENSTEIN
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Lithuania
- Name
- Ruta Mameniskiene
- Affiliation
- Vilnius University Hospital
- Address
- Santariskiu Street 2, 08661 Vilnius, LITHUANIA
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Luxembourg
- Name
- Michel Hoffmann
- Affiliation
- Centre Hospitalier du Nord Ettelbruck
- Address
- 120 Av. L. Salentiny, L9080 Ettelbruck, LUXEMBOURG
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Malta
- Name
- Robert Nistico
- Affiliation
- Awtorità dwar il-Mediċini
- Address
- Sir Temi Zammit Buildings, Malta Life Sciences Park, SGN 3000 San Gwann, MALTA
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Netherlands
- Name
- Elisabeth Johanne Rook
- Affiliation
- College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen
- Address
- Graadt van Roggenweg 500, 3531 AH Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
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Norway
- Name
- Maria Elisabeth Kalland
- Affiliation
- Statens legemiddelverk
- Address
- Grensesvingen 26, 0663 Oslo, NORWAY
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Poland
- Name
- Bozenna Dembowska-Baginska
- Affiliation
- Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
- Address
- Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, POLAND
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Portugal
- Name
- Joao Rocha
- Affiliation
- INFARMED - Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde, I.P.
- Address
- Parque de Saúde de Lisboa, Avenida do Brasil, 53, 1749-004 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
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Romania
- Name
- Olimpia Neagu
- Affiliation
- Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale din România
- Address
- Str. Aviator Sănătescu 48, Sector 1, 011478 Bucharest, ROMANIA
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Slovakia
- Name
- Eva Malikova
- Affiliation
- Štátny ústav pre kontrolu liečiv
- Address
- Kvetná 11, 825 08 Bratislava 26, SLOVAKIA
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Slovenia
Awaiting Nomination.
Spain
- Name
- Gloria Maria Palomo Carrasco
- Affiliation
- Agencia Espanola de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios
- Address
- Parque Empresarial Las Mercedes , Edificio 8 , C/Campezo 1, 28022 Madrid, SPAIN
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Sweden
- Name
- Darius Matusevicius
- Affiliation
- Läkemedelsverket
- Address
- Dag Hammarskjölds väg 42, 75237 Uppsala, SWEDEN
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Members nominated by the European Commission on the EMA's recommendation
- Name
- Ingeborg Barisic
- Affiliation
- University Hospital Zagreb
- Address
- Kišpatićeva 12 , 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
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- Name
- Giuseppe Capovilla
- Affiliation
- C. Poma Hospital
- Address
- Strada Lago Paiolo 10, Child Neuropsychiatry Dept, Epilepsy Center, 46100, Mantova, ITALY
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- Name
- Armando Magrelli
- Affiliation
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità
- Address
- Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, ITALY
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Members representing patients' organisations nominated by the European Commission
- Name
- Marie Pauline J. Evers
- Address
- Postbus 8152, 3503RD Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
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- Name
- Ines Alves
- Affiliation
- ANDO Portugal
- Address
- Avenida Dona Leonor Fernandes, 46, 7005-144 Evora, PORTUGAL
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- Name
- Julian Isla
- Affiliation
- Dravet Syndrome European Federation
- Address
- 4 rue de Rennes, 29200 Brest , FRANCE
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