Patients' and Consumers' Working Party
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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:
For information on upcoming and past meetings of the PCWP, including meeting materials, see:
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 |
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EMA | Juan Garcia Burgos |
TBC | TBC |
Organisation representative members
Members representing EMA's scientific committees
Scientific Committee | Representative(s) |
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Committee for Advanced Therapies | TBC |
Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use | Concepción Prieto Yerro |
Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products | Tim Leest |
Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products | An Le Olga Maria Palomino |
Paediatric Committee | Dimitrios Athanasiou |
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee | TBC |
Observers
Observer affiliation | Representative(s) |
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EMA Management Board | TBC
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Healthcare Professionals Working Party | TBC |
European Commission (DG SANTE) | Rotating membership |
Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures - Human (CMDh) | Nina Malvik |