At its January 2023 assembly, EMA’s Committee on Natural Medicinal Merchandise (HMPC) re-elected Emiel Van Galen from the Botanicals and Novel Meals on the Medicines Analysis Board (CBG-MEB) as its Chair for one more three-year mandate.
“The work of the Committee on Natural Medicinal Merchandise is essential as a part of bringing collectively scientific and regulatory experience within the space of natural medicinal merchandise below the roof of EMA.” stated Dr van Galen. “HMPC establishes and updates EU natural monographs to facilitate the authorisation and registration of natural medicinal merchandise within the Member States. EU natural monographs are also more and more utilized in mutual recognition and decentralised procedures, and these merchandise stay related as self-care medicines. Furthermore, the deliberations between HMPC members based mostly on particular data of natural medicinal merchandise have the curiosity of sufferers and shoppers at their core.”
Earlier than turning into Chair, Dr van Galen served as Vice-chair of the HMPC from January 2017 to January 2020 and has been a member of the Committee because it was established in 2004.
HMPC is the European Medicines Company’s (EMA) committee accountable for compiling and assessing scientific information on natural substances, preparations and mixtures, to help the harmonisation of the European market. HMPC prepares opinions on really useful makes use of and protected situations in type of EU natural monographs, EU record entries and different steering paperwork.
The HMPC will elect a brand new Vice-chair at its assembly on 13-15 March 2023.