Immunologicals Working Party

The Immunologicals Working Party (IWP) provides recommendations to the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) on all matters relating directly or indirectly to immunological veterinary medicinal products (IVMPs), including:

• preparing, reviewing and updating guidelines;
• supporting dossier evaluation;
• providing scientific advice on general and product-specific matters relating to IVMPs at the request of the CVMP;
• liaising with interested parties, such as the International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) Europe and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM);
• international co-operation on IVMP-related matters;
• setting up drafting groups;
• liaising with other working parties on IVMP-related matters;
• providing of advice, through the CVMP, to the European Commission on IVMP-related issues;
• on request, providing of advice, through the CVMP, to the Co-ordination Group for Mutual-Recognition and Decentralised Procedures - Veterinary (CMDv) on IVMP-related matters;
• focusing and acting as a catalyst for training for the assessment of IVMPs;
• contributing to IVMP-related workshops and training;
• liaising with the EDQM to ensure a consistent approach to the development of European requirements for authorised IVMPs.

Mandate, rules of procedure and work programme

More information on the IWP's responsibilities and composition is available in these documents:

• Mandate, objectives and rules of procedure
• Work plan (updated 30/04/2018)

Composition

The IWP is composed of European experts selected according to their specific expertise. CVMP members make proposals for the membership of the IWP to the Heads of Medicines Agencies. There is one member per Member State.

Members

Below (in alphabetical order of surname) are the current members of the IWP. The members' declarations of interests are available in the European expert list.