Practice Areas - Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology
- Life Sciences
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- Public Policy
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| Education | University of London (B. Pharm., 1985; LL.B., 1994); University of Aston in Birmingham (Ph.D., biochemical toxicology, 1989) |
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| Admitted | 1995, England and Wales; 2000, Hong Kong |
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| Memberships | European Law Association. |
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| Languages | Chinese and French |
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| Biography | Employee of the UK Medicines Control Agency (Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) and Head of Biologicals and Biotechnology for over 12 years. Principal Assessor to the Sub-Committee on Biologicals, Committee on Safety of Medicines; Member, Biotechnology Working Party of the Committee for Proprietary of Medicinal Products (CPMP) of the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) (1995-2002). Expert Advisor to the EMEA (1995-2002); Chairman, CPMP Gene Therapy Expert Group (2001-2002). Chairman, CPMP and CVMP Ad Hoc Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Expert Drafting Group (2000-2002). Member of the European Pharmacopoeia, Council of Europe Steering Committee (2001-2002). Appointed by European Commission to lead the European Delegation on Emerging Technology to International Conference on Harmonisation (2000-2002). Former Advisor, World Health Organisation on Legal and Technical Aspects of International Movement of Biologicals. Part-time Secondee to the Department of Health Solicitors Office (1995-1996). Commissioner, British Pharmacopoeia Commission, Vice Chairman of Commission's Nomenclature Expert Advisory Group, Vice Chairman of Commission's Biological and Biotechnology Specialist Advisory Group (2006—). Advisor to Singapore Health Science Authority. Member of the Strategic Advisory Panel, Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Chinese Medicine (2003—). Non-Executive Director, Board of National Institute for Biological Standard and Control (2005—). Chairman, BioIndustry Association Regulatory Affairs Advisory Committee (2004—). Member, Cancer Research UK Policy Committee. Member, British In Vitro Diagnostics Association Regulatory Affairs Committee. Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry, Chartered Chemist; the Institute of Biology, Chartered Biologist; Royal Society of Arts; Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Member, British Toxicology Society; Chartered Scientist, Science Council. |
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| ISLN | 917031210 |
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