The group convenes at the request of the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) to provide independent recommendations.
The group addresses scientific, clinical, and technical matters related to vaccines and therapeutic medicinal products for infectious diseases that the CHMP evaluates. The group may also advise the CHMP on any other scientific issues relevant to its work in this area.
The group has been formed by the merger of the Scientific Advisory Group on Infectious Diseases and the Scientific Advisory Group on Vaccines.
For more information on CHMP's scientific advisory groups and working parties, see:
More information on the groups' responsibilities and composition is available in this document:
The group is composed of independent European experts selected according to their specific expertise.
It also includes other individual experts who may be called upon to participate in a given meeting and bring additional expertise in specific domains.
Below (in alphabetical order of surname) are the current members of the SAG-V&ID. The members' declarations of interests are available in the European expert list.