Standing Committee on Prequalification of Vaccines against FAST diseases
The Standing Committee on Prequalification of Vaccines against FAST diseases (SCPQv) acts as the oversight, governance and final decision-making committee for the PQv procedure operated by the EuFMD, to provide independent assurance of the quality of vaccines against FAST diseases.
Members nominated by Member Nations with expertise in FAST vaccine production, control and use
Name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|
Gàbor Kulcsàr (Chairperson) | Hungary | Director National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Veterinary Medical Products |
Musa Alkan | Türkiye | GMP Inspector, Vaccine specialist, General Directorate Food and Control |
Rosario Bullido Gómez-Heras | Spain | Head of BIO-IVMP Assessment Unit, Veterinary Medicines Department, Medicines and Medical Devices Spanish Agency |
Ioana Neghirla | Romania | Head of Disease Control Department, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority |
Ronan O'Neill | Ireland | Head of Virology Division, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
Tamaš Petrović | Serbia | Director Deputy for Research, Coordinator of the Team for International collaboration in Institute, Head and Senior Researcher in the Department of Virology |
Members nominated by Member Nations on the basis of specific expertise
Two experts from FMD Reference Laboratories in Member Nations of EuFMD with experience of quality control of FAST vaccines.
Name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|
Aldo Dekker | The Netherlands | Senior Scientist, Wageningen BioVeterinary Research (WBVR) |
David Paton | United Kingdom | Adviser to the World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease, The Pirbright Institute |
Two experts from national medicines regulatory authorities in member nations of EuFMD with expertise in evaluation and authorization of FAST vaccines.
Name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|
Caroline Guittré | France | Rapporteur Veterinary Immunologicals team, Scientific Assessment Department, French agency for veterinary medicinal products |
Sharon Reynolds | United Kingdom (VMD) | Head of the Biological Assessment Team |
Permanent observers
- FAO animal production and health division (NSAH) and FAO procurement service (CSLP).
- European Union, European Commission and European Medicines Agency.
- WOAH
- WHO
- Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre of the African Union (AU-PANVAC)