PDCO: Working parties and other groups

The Paediatric Committee (PDCO) consults its working parties and other groups on scientific issues relating to their particular field of expertise, in the review process of paediatric investigation plans and when drafting or revising scientific guidance documents.

Updated on 6 October 2025:
-to reflect the current structure of working parties and other groups under PDCO

Working parties and other groups

The majority of working parties and related groups operate under the governance of a domain.

For more information, see:

• CHMP: Working parties and other groups

The current PDCO scientific advisory groups are listed below per domain.

Quality domain

Operational expert group:

• Paediatric Formulation Operational Expert Group

Non-clinical domain

Working party:

• Non-clinical Working Party

Methodology domain

Working party:

• Methodology Working Party

Operational expert group:

• Modelling and Simulation Operational Expert Group

Clinical domain

Operational expert group:

• Inter-Committee Scientific Advisory Group on Oncology

Other working parties and associated groups

The following working parties can be consulted to provide advice to EMA and its human scientific committees, including PDCO, on all matters of interest in relation to medicines:

• Healthcare Professionals' Working Party
• Patients' and Consumers' Working Party