Immunologicals Working Party

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

Responsibilities and composition

The group’s responsibilities include:

• preparing, reviewing and updating guidelines;
• supporting medicines evaluation;
• providing scientific advice on matters relating to IVMPs at the request of the CVMP;
• liaising with interested parties, such as the AnimalhealthEurope and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM);
• international co-operation on IVMP-related matters;
• providing of advice, through the CVMP, to the European Commission on IVMP-related issues;
• contributing to workshops and training relating to IVMPs and their assessment.

The working group's work plan contains relevant tasks identified in the CVMP's work plan.

For more information on these activities see:

Work plan for the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) Immunologicals Working Party (IWP) 2026

Reference Number: EMA/CVMP/IWP/298213/2025

The IWP is composed of European experts nominated and appointed by CVMP. Additional observers may also attend the meetings of the working party, if required.

More information on the IWP's responsibilities, composition and procedures is available in the following document:

Mandate, objectives, and rules of procedure for working parties under the quality, non-clinical, methodology, clinical and veterinary domains

Reference Number: EMA/299541/2025

Members

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

• Rosario Bullido
• Anja Silke Christensen
• Vilma Dosedlova
• Petra Falb
• Caroline Guittré
• Catherine LeBrun
• Daniela Loos
• Jacqueline Poot
• Susan Reid
• Marta Reining
• Judith Romberg
• Konstantia Tasioudi
• Esther Werner (Chair)