Director of Division and CHMP delegate
Dr Ian Hudson 020 7084 2200
Personal Assistant to the Licensing Director
Mrs Ingrid Calvert 020 7084 2483
Deputy Director
Dr Siu Ping Lam 020 7084 2384
Personal Assistant to the Licensing Deputy Director
Miss Muriel Passmore 020 7084 2457
Licensing Group 1 and Drug/Device enquiries
Fax: 020 7084 2196
Group Manager
Mrs Elizabeth Baker 020 7084 2467
Executive Assistant
Mrs Angela Haines 020 7084 2006
Product Lifecycle Assessment Team (PLAT) 1
(New chemical entities and chemical abridged)
Cardiovascular (C), Diabetes
E-mail:
RIS.NA@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Fax: 020 7084 2705
Unit Manager
Mr Keith McDonald 020 7084 2105
Executive Assistant
Mrs Ida De Souza 020 7084 2355
Service Coordinator
Miss Ahsana Israel 020 7084 2785
Product Lifecycle Assessment Team (PLAT) 2
(New chemical entities and chemical abridged)
Respiratory, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Eye, Endocrine and Dermatology
Fax: 020 7084 2195
E-mail:
RIS.NA@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Unit Manager
Dr Geoff Houghton 020 7084 2434
Executive Assistant
Mrs Shahnaz Idrees 020 7084 2603
Service Coordinator
Mr Alisdair McGibbon 020 7084 2422
Product Lifecycle Assessment Team (PLAT) 3
(New chemical entities and chemical abridged)
Central Nervous System (CNS) and Anaesthetics
Fax: 020 7084 2323
E-mail:
RIS.NA@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Unit Manager
Mr Tim Berridge 020 7084 2391
Executive Assistant
Mrs Angela Haines 020 7084 2006
Service Coordinator
Mrs Renu Raizada 020 7084 2651
Licensing Group 2
Fax: 020 7084 2196
Group Manager
Dr David Hook 020 7084 2037
Executive Assistant
Miss Muriel Passmore 020 7084 2457
Statistics Unit
Team Leader
Mr Rob Hemmings 020 7084 2481
Scientific Advice Coordinator
Mrs Susan Delaney 020 7084 2476
Product Lifecycle Assessment Team (PLAT) 4
(New chemical entities and chemical abridged)
Gastrointestinal & Nutrition and Blood
Enquiries: 020 7084 2422
E-mail:
RIS.NA@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Fax: 020 7084 2705
Acting Unit Manager
Mr Malcolm Dash 020 7084 2301
Executive Assistant
Mrs Kenny Soroye 020 7084 2680
Service Coordinator
Ms Pratibha Madan 020 7084 2338
Product Lifecycle Assessment Team (PLAT) 5
(New chemical entities and chemical abridged)
Anti-infective, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Genito-Urinary Tract
Fax: 020 7084 2195
E-mail:
RIS.NA@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Unit Manager
Ms Sue Harris 020 7084 2335
Executive Assistant
Mrs Alison Wilson 020 7084 2906
Herbal medicines (marketing authorisation enquiries)
Dr Linda Anderson 020 7084 2370
Service Coordinator
Mrs Salma Syed 020 7084 2828
Product Lifecycle Assessment Team (PLAT) 6
(New chemical entities and chemical abridged)
Musculoskeletal and Malignant Disease
Fax: 020 7084 2190
E-mail: RIS.NA@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Unit Manager
Ms Maureen Riach 020 7084 2543
Executive Assistant
Ms Wendy Wales 020 7084 2356
Service Coordinator
Mrs Keely Kennedy 020 7084 2314
Licensing Group 3
Fax: 020 7084 2323
Group Manager
Dr Andrew French 020 7084 2479
Executive Assistant
Ms Joanne Laurent 020 7084 2142
Clinical Trials Unit
Fax: 020 7084 2443
E-mail: clintrialhelpline@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Unit Manager
Dr Martyn Ward 020 7084 2487
Executive Assistant
Miss Linda Oddotte 020 7084 2475
Pharmaceutical enquiries
Dr Elaine Godfrey 020 7084 2463
Service Coordinator
Miss Sarah Batts 020 7084 2090
Parallel Imports and Homoeopathics
Unit Manager
Dr David W Guest 020 7084 2672
Executive Assistant
Miss Meher Talati 020 7084 2484
Pharmaceutical enquiries
Mr Jasbinder Sumal 020 7084 2950
Scientific enquiries
Dr Elizabeth Griffiths 020 7084 2298
Parallel imports renewals
Miss Clare Kirby 020 7084 3528
Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products
Mr Leslie Whitbread 020 7084 2451
Service Coordinator
Miss Clare Kirby 020 7084 3528
Parallel Imports and Drug/ Devices
Unit Manager
Mrs Uchenna Abass 020 7084 2464
Executive Assistant
Ms Joanne Laurent 020 7084 2473
Pharmaceutical enquiries
Mrs Uchenna Abass 020 7084 2464
Scientific enquiries
Miss Natalie Whitmore 020 7084 2376
Service Coordinator
Miss Clare Kirby 020 7084 3528
Assessment Unit 2 (Biotechnology and Biologicals)
Vaccines, blood products, recombinant products, transgenic products and cell and tissue products
Fax: 020 7084 2062
E-mail: Biologicalsandbiotechnology@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Unit Manager
Dr Gopalan Narayanan 020 7084 2296
Executive Assistant
Mrs Daniela Blayne 020 7084 2902
Service Coordinator
Mr Graham Searle 020 7084 3709
Expert Committee Support team
Fax: 020 7084 2493
Unit Manager
Mr Leslie Whitbread 020 7084 2451
Executive Assistant
Miss Pauline McLeod 020 7084 2477
Service Management Team
Fax: 020 7084 2493
Unit Manager
Mr Leslie Whitbread 020 7084 2451
Service Manager
Mr Robin Fraser 020 7084 3406
Executive Assistant
Miss Pauline McLeod 020 7084 2477