Biologicals and Vaccines Expert Advisory Group of the Commission on Human Medicines

Remit

To advise the Commission established under Section 2 of the Medicines Act on the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products of biological or biotechnological origin including vaccines which are the subject of marketing authorisation applications; and to advise on such other matters as are referred to it.

Meeting dates for 2008

January	February	March	April	May	June	July	September	October	November	December
14	11	10	14	19	16	14	15	13	10	8

Membership

Chair
* Dr Angela E Thomas MB BS PhD FRCP(E) FRCPath FRCPCH
Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh

Members
Professor Christopher Bucke BSc PhD F.I.I.Biotech
Professor of Biotechnology, Westminister University

*+ Professor Derek H Calam OBE MA DPhil HonDSc CChem FRSC Hon MRPharmS
Visiting Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde

Professor Neva Haites, BSc, (Hons) FRCPPath, FRCPE FRCP 
Vice Prncipal University of Aberdeen/Professor of Medical Genetics

Professor Andrew Hall MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM
Professor of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & Chairman of the Joint Committee on Immunisation and Vaccinations

Dr Stephen C Inglis BSc PhD
Director, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC)

Professor James W Ironside BSc MBChB FRCPath FRCPEdin
Deputy Chair of the Human Tissue Authority, Member of the ACDP TSE Working Group, and the CJD Incident Panel

Professor Elizabeth Miller OBE, BSc, MB.BS, FRCPath
Consultant Epidemiologist, and Head, Immunisation Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency

Professor Robert C Read MBChB, BMedSci, MRCP, M.D, FRCP
Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Sheffield and Hon. Consultant

Lady Carolyn M Roberts RGN RHV MSc
Chair, The Ethox Foundation-Oxford Centre for Ethics and Communication in Healthcare Practice.  Health visitor - Lay representative

Dr Robin Thorpe BSc, PhD, FRCPath
 Head, Division of Biotherapeutics, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC)

Dr Jane Zuckerman  MD, FIBiol FRCPath FFPHM FFPM FIBiol ILTM
Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant and Director, Academic Centre for Travel Medicines & Vaccines, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London

* = also Commission on Human Medicines Member
*+ = also Commission on Human Medicines Member and Chair of the Chemistry, Pharmacy & Standards  Expert Advisory Group
^ = Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation (JCVI)