Patients' and Consumers' Working Party
The Patients' and Consumers' Working Party (PCWP) provides a platform for exchange of information and discussion of issues of common interest between EMA and patients and consumers.
The PCWP, established in 2006, has enabled the Agency to build upon its existing interactions with patients and consumers. It provides recommendations to EMA and its human scientific committees on all matters of interest in relation to medicines.
The following documents provide information on the PCWP's responsibilities and composition:
Composition
The PCWP consists of:
- a core group of representatives from the eligible patients' and consumers' organisations;
- representatives from EMA's scientific committees;
- observers from:
- the EMA Management Board;
- the European Commission;
- the Healthcare Professionals Working Party;
- the Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures – Human.
The members' declarations of interests are available in the European experts list.
Co-chairs
| Affiliation | Co-chairs |
|---|---|
| EMA | Juan Garcia Burgos |
| European Patients' Forum (EPF) | Kaisa Immonen |
Organisation representative members
Members representing EMA's scientific committees
| Scientific Committee | Representative(s) |
|---|---|
| Committee for Advanced Therapies | Kieran Breen Michelino Lipucci di Paola |
| Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use | Harald Enzmann Concepción Prieto Yerro |
| Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products | Daniel O'Connor |
| Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products | Steffen Bager Steinar Madsen |
| Paediatric Committee | Dimitrios Athanasiou Paola Baiardi |
| Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee | Marco Greco Albert van der Zeijden |
Observers
| Observer affiliation | Representative(s) |
|---|---|
EMA Management Board | Yann Le Cam Ilaria Passarini |
| Healthcare Professionals Working Party | Donald Singer |
| European Commission (DG SANTE) | Rotating membership |