HMPC members
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) publishes details of the members and alternates of its Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC).
The HMPC consists of:
- a chair, elected by serving HMPC members;
- one member and an alternate appointed by each EU Member State;
- one member and an alternate appointed by Iceland and Norway;
- up to five co-opted members, chosen among experts nominated by Member States or the Agency and recruited, when necessary, to provide additional expertise in a particular scientific area.
All members and alternates serve on the committee for a renewable three year period.
EMA has adopted a revised procedure for the nomination and appointment of co-opted members in July 2016:
List of members and alternates
The list includes each member's and alternate's:
- contact details;
- 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.
Members
Members nominated by the Member States
Chair
- Name
- Emiel Van Galen
- Affiliation
- College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen
- Address
- Graadt van Roggenweg 500, 3531 AH Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
- Tel.
- +31 88 2248076
- Fax.
- +31 88 2248001
- e.v.galen@cbg-meb.nl
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Vice-chair
- Name
- Karin Erika Svedlund
- Affiliation
- Läkemedelsverket
- Address
- Box 26, 751 03 Uppsala, SWEDEN
- Tel.
- +46 18 167714
- erika.svedlund@mpa.se
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Members nominated by Member States
Austria
Member
- Name
- Reinhard Länger
- Affiliation
- BASG - Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen
- Address
- Traisengasse 5, A- 1200 Vienna, AUSTRIA
- Tel.
- +43 50555 36528
- Fax.
- +43 50555 36509
- reinhard.laenger@ages.at
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Alternate
- Name
- Astrid Obmann
- Affiliation
- BASG - Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen
- Address
- Traisengasse 5, A- 1200 Vienna, AUSTRIA
- Tel.
- +43 5 0555 36522
- Fax.
- +43 5 0555 36679
- astrid.obmann@ages.at
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Belgium
Member
- Name
- Patricia Bodart
- Affiliation
- Federaal Agentschap voor Geneesmiddelen en Gezondheidsproducten - Agence Fédérale des Médicaments et des Produits de Santé
- Address
- Eurostation Bloc 2, Place Victor Horta 40/40, 1060 Brussels - Bruxelles, BELGIUM
- Tel.
- +32 2 5284000
- patricia.bodart@afmps.be
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Alternate
Awaiting Nomination.
Bulgaria
Member
- Name
- Iliana Ionkova
- Affiliation
- Medical University Sofia
- Address
- 2 Dunav str., 1000 Sofia, BULGARIA
- Tel.
- +359 2 9236585
- Fax.
- +359 2 9879874
- ionkova@pharmfac.nat.bg
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Alternate
- Name
- Dafna Marinkeva
- Affiliation
- ИЗПЪЛНИТЕЛНА АГЕНЦИЯ ПО ЛЕКАРСТВАТА
- Address
- 8, Damyan Gruev str., 1303 Sofia, BULGARIA
- Tel.
- +359 2890 3488
- Fax.
- +359 2890 3434
- dafna.marinkeva@bda.bg
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Croatia
Member
- Name
- Ivan Kosalec
- Affiliation
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
- Address
- Schrottova 39, HR - 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
- Tel.
- +385 1 6394 492
- Fax.
- +385 1 463 6371
- ikosalec@pharma.hr
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Alternate
- Name
- Darko Trumbetic
- Affiliation
- Agencija za Lijekove i Medicinske Proizvode
- Address
- Ksaverska cesta 4, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
- Tel.
- +38 51 4884368
- Fax.
- +385 1 4884110
- darko.trumbetic@halmed.hr
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Cyprus
Member
- Name
- Antri Kouroufexi
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Health
- Address
- Pharmaceutical Services, 15 Polyphimou, Strovolos Industrial Area, 2033 Nicosia, CYPRUS
- Tel.
- +357 2260 8623
- Fax.
- +357 2260 8669
- akouroufexi@phs.moh.gov.cy
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Alternate
- Name
- Maria Yiannitsarou
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Health
- Address
- Pharmaceutical Services, 15 Polyphimou, Strovolos Industrial Area, 2033 Nicosia, CYPRUS
- Tel.
- +357 2260 8624
- Fax.
- +357 2260 8669
- myiannitsarou@phs.moh.gov.cy
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Czech Republic
Member
- Name
- Markéta Příhodová
- Affiliation
- Státní ústav pro kontrolu léčiv
- Address
- Srobarova 48, 100 41 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Tel.
- +420 272 185907
- Fax.
- +420 2 67310104
- marketa.prihodova@sukl.cz
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Alternate
- Name
- Marie Heroutova
- Affiliation
- Státní ústav pro kontrolu léčiv
- Address
- Srobarova 48, 100 41 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Tel.
- +420 2 72185839
- Fax.
- +420 272 739995
- marie.heroutova@sukl.cz
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Denmark
Member
- Name
- Steffen Bager
- Affiliation
- Danish Medicines Agency
- Address
- Axel Heides Gade 1, 2300 København S, DENMARK
- Tel.
- +45 44 889316
- Fax.
- +45 44 917373
- sb@dkma.dk
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Alternate
- Name
- Karoline Holm Felding
- Affiliation
- Danish Medicines Agency
- Address
- Axel Heides Gade 1, 2300 København S, DENMARK
- Tel.
- +45 9351 8684
- Fax.
- +45 4488 9599
- kahm@dkma.dk
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Estonia
Member
Awaiting Nomination.
Alternate
Awaiting Nomination.
Finland
Member
- Name
- Eeva Sofia Leinonen
- Affiliation
- Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus
- Address
- P.O.Box 55, FI-00034 Helsinki, FINLAND
- Tel.
- +358 29522 3379
- Fax.
- +358 9 714469
- eeva.s.leinonen@fimea.fi
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Alternate
- Name
- Sari Koski
- Affiliation
- Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus
- Address
- P.O.Box 55, FI-00034 Helsinki, FINLAND
- Tel.
- +358 29522 3363
- Fax.
- +358 29522 3002
- sari.koski@fimea.fi
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France
Member
- Name
- An Le
- Affiliation
- Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé
- Address
- 143-147 Bvd Anatole France, 93285 Saint-Denis Cedex, FRANCE
- Tel.
- +33 1 55874141
- an.le@ansm.sante.fr
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Alternate
- Name
- Michèle Brum
- Affiliation
- Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé
- Address
- 143-147 Bvd Anatole France, 93285 Saint-Denis Cedex, FRANCE
- Tel.
- +33 6 98633095
- Fax.
- +33 1 55873352
- brummich@numericable.fr
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Germany
Member
- Name
- Jacqueline Wiesner
- Affiliation
- Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte
- Address
- Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 3, 53175 Bonn, GERMANY
- Tel.
- +49 228 2075980
- Fax.
- +49 228 2075395
- jacqueline.wiesner@bfarm.de
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Alternate
- Name
- Susanne Flemisch
- Affiliation
- Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte
- Address
- Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 3, 53175 Bonn, GERMANY
- Tel.
- +49 228 2075924
- susanne.flemisch@bfarm.de
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Greece
Member
- Name
- Ioanna Chinou
- Affiliation
- University of Athens
- Address
- Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 157 71 Athens, GREECE
- Tel.
- +30210 7274 595
- Fax.
- +30210 7274 115
- ichinou@pharm.uoa.gr
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Alternate
- Name
- Zoi Karampourmpouni
- Affiliation
- National Organization for Medicines
- Address
- 284 Mesogeion Avenue, Holargos, 15562 Athens, GREECE
- Tel.
- +302 1 06507447
- Fax.
- +302 1 06547202
- zoekarab@eof.gr
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Hungary
Member
- Name
- Zsuzsanna Birone Dr Sandor
- Affiliation
- Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet
- Address
- Zrínyi U. 3, 1051 Budapest, HUNGARY
- Tel.
- +36 1 8869330
- Fax.
- +36 1 8869472
- biro-sandor.zsuzsa@ogyei.gov.hu
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Alternate
- Name
- Rita Nemeth
- Affiliation
- Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet
- Address
- Zrínyi U. 3, 1051 Budapest, HUNGARY
- Tel.
- +36 18 869300
- Fax.
- +36 18 869460
- nemeth.rita@ogyei.gov.hu
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Iceland
Member
Awaiting Nomination.
Alternate
Awaiting Nomination.
Ireland
Member
- Name
- Sheena Kennedy
- Affiliation
- An tÚdarás Rialála Táirgí Sláinte
- Address
- Kevin O'Malley House, The Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, 2, IRELAND
- Tel.
- +353 1676 4971
- Fax.
- +353 1 6767836
- sheena.kennedy@hpra.ie
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Alternate
Awaiting Nomination.
Italy
Member
Awaiting Nomination.
Alternate
- Name
- Anna Maria Serrilli
- Affiliation
- Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, Evaluation and Authorisation Board
- Address
- Via del Tritone, 181, 00187, Roma, ITALY
- Tel.
- +39 6 59784245
- Fax.
- +39 06 59784054
- a.serrilli@aifa.gov.it
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Latvia
Member
- Name
- Baiba Jansone
- Affiliation
- Latvijas Universitāte
- Address
- 19 Raina Blvd, LV 1586 Riga, LATVIA
- Tel.
- +371 264 04309
- Fax.
- +371 673 66306
- baiba.jansone@lu.lv
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Alternate
- Name
- Evita Skukauska
- Affiliation
- Zāļu valsts aģentūra
- Address
- Jersikas iela 15, LV-1003 Riga, LATVIA
- Tel.
- +371 670 78443
- Fax.
- +371 670 78428
- evita.skukauska@zva.gov.lv
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Lithuania
Member
- Name
- Rugile Pilviniene
- Affiliation
- State Medicines Control Agency under the Ministry of Health
- Address
- Savanoriu, pr 220, LT-50148 Kaunas, LITHUANIA
- Tel.
- +370 3 7408407
- Fax.
- +370 3 7408407
- rugilepilviniene@vvkt.lt
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Alternate
- Name
- Audronis Lukosius
- Affiliation
- Drug Registration Commission State Medicines Control Agency in Lithuania
- Address
- Savanoriu ave. 220, 50196 Kaunas, LITHUANIA
- Tel.
- +370 68 634224
- audronislukosius@vvkt.lt
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Luxembourg
Member
- Name
- Marcel Bruch
- Affiliation
- Ministère de la Santé
- Address
- Villa Louvigny - 1er étage, Allée Marconi, 2120 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
- Tel.
- +352 2 478 5591
- Fax.
- +352 2 6200147
- marcel.bruch@ms.etat.lu
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Alternate
- Name
- Clémence Varret
- Affiliation
- Ministère de la Santé
- Address
- Villa Louvigny - 1er étage, Allée Marconi, 2120 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
- Tel.
- +352 247 75667
- clemence.varret@ms.etat.lu
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Malta
Member
- Name
- Everaldo Attard
- Affiliation
- University of Malta
- Address
- Institute of Agriculture, 2080 Msida MSD, MALTA
- Tel.
- +356 23 402323
- Fax.
- +356 21 346519
- everaldo.attard@um.edu.mt
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Alternate
- Name
- Matthew Camilleri
- Affiliation
- Awtorità dwar il-Mediċini
- Address
- Sir Temi Zammit Buildings, Malta Life Sciences Park, SGN 3000 San Gwann, MALTA
- Tel.
- +356 2343 9104
- Fax.
- +356 23439161
- matthew.a.camilleri@gov.mt
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Netherlands
Member
- Name
- Burt H Kroes
- Affiliation
- College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen
- Address
- Graadt van Roggenweg 500, 3531 AH Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
- Tel.
- +31 88 2248153
- Fax.
- +31 88 2248001
- bh.kroes@cbg-meb.nl
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Alternate
Awaiting Nomination.
Norway
Member
- Name
- Steinar Madsen
- Affiliation
- Statens legemiddelverk
- Address
- Postboks 240, Skøyen, 0213 Oslo, NORWAY
- Tel.
- +47 22 897577
- Fax.
- +47 22 897799
- steinar.madsen@legemiddelverket.no
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Alternate
- Name
- Gro Fossum
- Affiliation
- Statens legemiddelverk
- Address
- Postboks 240, Skøyen, 0213 Oslo, NORWAY
- Tel.
- +47 22 897700
- Fax.
- +47 22 797799
- gro.fossum@legemiddelverket.no
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Poland
Member
- Name
- Wojciech Dymowski
- Affiliation
- Urząd Rejestracji Produktów Leczniczych, Wyrobow Medycznych i Produktów Biobójczych
- Address
- Al. Jerozolimskie 181C, 02-222 Warszawa, POLAND
- Tel.
- +48 22 4921456
- Fax.
- +48 22 4921479
- wojciech.dymowski@urpl.gov.pl
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Alternate
- Name
- Katarzyna Tomaszewska
- Affiliation
- Urząd Rejestracji Produktów Leczniczych, Wyrobow Medycznych i Produktów Biobójczych
- Address
- Al. Jerozolimskie 181C, 02-222 Warszawa, POLAND
- Tel.
- +48 22 4921450
- Fax.
- +48 22 4921479
- katarzyna.tomaszewska@urpl.gov.pl
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Portugal
Member
- Name
- Ana Paula Martins
- 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
- Tel.
- +351 21 7987100
- Fax.
- +351 21 7987255
- anapaula.martins@infarmed.pt
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Alternate
- Name
- Eva Mendes
- 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
- Tel.
- +351 21 7987197
- Fax.
- +351 21 7987255
- eva.mendes@infarmed.pt
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Romania
Member
- Name
- Nicoleta Carmen Purdel
- Affiliation
- Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale din România
- Address
- Str. Aviator Sănătescu 48, Sector 1, 011478 Bucharest, ROMANIA
- Tel.
- +40 72279 1600
- Fax.
- +40 213163 497
- carmen.purdel@anm.ro
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Alternate
- Name
- Ligia Elena Dutu
- Affiliation
- Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale din România
- Address
- Str. Aviator Sănătescu 48, Sector 1, 011478 Bucharest, ROMANIA
- Tel.
- +40 2131 71100
- Fax.
- +40 2131 63497
- ligia.dutu@anm.ro
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Slovakia
Member
- Name
- Miroslava Petrikova
- Affiliation
- Štátny ústav pre kontrolu liečiv
- Address
- Kvetná 11, 825 08 Bratislava 26, SLOVAKIA
- Tel.
- +421 250 701203
- miroslava.petrikova@sukl.sk
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Alternate
- Name
- Milan Nagy
- Affiliation
- Univerzita Komenskeho
- Address
- Odbojarov 10, 832 32 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
- Tel.
- +421 2 50117201
- Fax.
- +421 2 50117100
- nagy@fpharm.uniba.sk
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Slovenia
Member
- Name
- Barbara Razinger
- Affiliation
- Javna agencija Republike Slovenije za zdravila in medicinske pripomočke
- Address
- Slovenceva ulica 22, 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
- Tel.
- +386 1 4786249
- Fax.
- +386 1 4786260
- barbara.razinger@jazmp.si
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Alternate
Awaiting Nomination.
Spain
Member
- Name
- Adela Núñez Velázquez
- Affiliation
- Agencia Espanola de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios
- Address
- Parque Empresarial Las Mercedes , Edificio 8 , C/Campezo 1, 28022 Madrid, SPAIN
- Tel.
- +34 91 8225880
- Fax.
- +34 91 8225894
- anunez@aemps.es
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Alternate
- Name
- Cristina Martinez Garcia
- Affiliation
- Agencia Espanola de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios
- Address
- Parque Empresarial Las Mercedes , Edificio 8 , C/Campezo 1, 28022 Madrid, SPAIN
- Tel.
- +34 91 8225359
- Fax.
- +34 91 8225243
- cmartinezga@aemps.es
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Sweden
Member
- Name
- Karin Erika Svedlund
- Affiliation
- Läkemedelsverket
- Address
- Box 26, 751 03 Uppsala, SWEDEN
- Tel.
- +46 18 167714
- erika.svedlund@mpa.se
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Alternate
- Name
- Malin Kyllikki Hobro Soderberg
- Affiliation
- Läkemedelsverket
- Address
- Box 26, 751 03 Uppsala, SWEDEN
- Tel.
- +46 1 8174950
- Fax.
- +46 1 8548566
- malin.soderberg@mpa.se
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Co-opted members (with indication of their specific area of competence)
Clinical pharmacology
- Name
- Ewa Balkowiec Iskra
- Affiliation
- Urząd Rejestracji Produktów Leczniczych, Wyrobow Medycznych i Produktów Biobójczych
- Address
- Al. Jerozolimskie 181C, 02-222 Warszawa, POLAND
- Tel.
- +48 22 4921101
- Fax.
- +48 22 4921109
- ewa.balkowiec-iskra@urpl.gov.pl
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Toxicology
- Name
- Heidi Foth
- Affiliation
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Address
- Franzosenweg 1a, 06097 Halle, GERMANY
- Tel.
- +49 345 5574023
- Fax.
- +49 345 5571871
- heidi.foth@uk-halle.de
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Experimental/non-clinical pharmacology
- Name
- Gert Laekeman
- Affiliation
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Address
- Herestraat 49 , box 521, 3000 Leuven, BELGIUM
- Tel.
- +32 475 960121
- Fax.
- +32 16 323414
- gert.laekeman@kuleuven.be
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General and family medicine
- Name
- Maria Helena Pinto Ferreira
- 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
- Tel.
- +351 21 7985266
- Fax.
- +351 21 7987255
- mhelena.ferreira@infarmed.pt
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Observers
Conseil de l'Europe
Member
- Name
- Ulrich Rose
- Affiliation
- Conseil de l'Europe
- Address
- EDQM & Healthcare, 7 Allée Kastner, CS 30026, F-67081 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCE
- Tel.
- +33 3 88412197
- ulrich.rose@edqm.eu
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Alternate
- Name
- Melanie Bald
- Affiliation
- Conseil de l'Europe
- Address
- EDQM & Healthcare, 7 Allée Kastner, CS 30026, F-67081 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCE
- Tel.
- +33 3 90214138
- Fax.
- +33 3 88412771
- melanie.bald@edqm.eu
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