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Accelerating Clinical Trials in the EU

MSP Advisory Group members

The Multi-stakeholder platform Advisory Group (MSP AG) consists of representatives from key stakeholder groups:

  • patients/consumers organisations;
  • industry EU trade organisations;
  • healthcare professional organisations;
  • non-commercial European clinical data and translational research organisations and networks;
  • research funders.

The MSP AG also includes 2 ethics committee representatives. Ad hoc involvement of experts from other groups is also foreseen, allowing the participation of other international bodies, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) bodies and payers where relevant.

Regulatory co-chair: María Jesús Lamas, Director of Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Products

Stakeholder co-chair: Denis Lacombe, Chief Executive Officer, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)

                                                                Permanent representative organisations                                                                                   
Stakeholder GroupMember OrganisationRepresentative(s)*
Patients/ ConsumersCancer Patients Europe

Juan Ventura

Francisco Rodriguez Lozano

Patients/ ConsumersEuropean AIDS Treatment Group (EATG)

Nikos Dedes

Daniela Rojas Castro

Patients/ ConsumersEuropean Patients' Forum (EPF)Claudia Louati
Patients/ ConsumersEuropean Young Person's Advisory Groups Network (eYPAGnet)

Begonya Nafria Escalera

Segolene Gaillard

Patients/ ConsumersRare Diseases Europe (Eurordis)

François Houÿez

Russell George Winston Wheeler

Healthcare professionalsEuropean Academy of Neurology (EAN)

Radu Tanasescu

Philippe Ryvlin

Healthcare professionalsEuropean Haematology Association (EHA)

Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly

Lorenzo Brunetti

Healthcare professionalsEuropean Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP)

Marko Skelin

Mirjam Crul

Healthcare professionalsEuropean Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Faiez Zannad

Tabassome Simon

AcademiaEuropean Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (ECRIN)Amélie Michon
AcademiaEuropean infrastructure for translational medicine (EATRIS)

Rosan Vegter

Anton Ussi

AcademiaEuropean Network of Excellence for Paediatric Research (TEDDY)

Donato Bonifazi

Mariagrazia Felisi

AcademiaEuropean Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)

Stéphanie Kromar

Stéphane Lejeune

Industry EU tradesAssociation of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO)

Leona Fitzgerald

Zubin Thacker

Industry EU tradesEuropaBio

Marén Ulrike Koban

Blanca Garcia-Ochoa

Industry EU tradesEuropean Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE)Bertrand Fournier
Industry EU tradesEuropean Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)

Lada Leyens

Martin O'Kane

Research fundersInnovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU)

Nathalie Seigneuret

Hugh Laverty

Research fundersDutch Cancer Society (KWF)

Delphi Coppens

Anke Hövels

* Each organisation has a permanent and alternate representative.

                                                                            Ad hoc representative organisations                                                                
Stakeholder GroupMember OrganisationRepresentative
Patients/ ConsumersEuropaUomoErnst-Günther Carl
Patients/ ConsumersParkinson's EuropeAmelia Hursey
Patients/ ConsumersStopDuchenne Poland Foundation/Fundacja StopDuchenneDariusz Żebrowski
Patients/ ConsumersWorld Patients AllianceJolanta Bilinska
Healthcare professionalsCancer Drug Development Forum (CDDF) 
Healthcare professionalsDrug Development (Phase 1) Programme & Clinical Trial Center, A. Gemelli Hospital 
Healthcare professionalsEuropean Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)Laura Evangelista 
Healthcare professionalsEuropean Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP-E)Pamela Kearns
Healthcare professionalsFrench Federation for Cancer Control  (UNICANCER) 
Healthcare professionalsInternational League Against Epilepsy 
Healthcare professionalsKKS Network, KKSN/ KKS-Netzwerk e. V. 
Healthcare professionalsPolish Society of Child Neurologist/ Medical University of Silesia in KatowiceJustyna Paprocka
Healthcare professionalsUniversity Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht)Mira Gerta Petra Zuidgeest
Healthcare professionalsEuropean Alliance for Vision Research and Ophthalmology (EU EYE) Luc van OS
AcademiaCoLAB TRIALSTeresa Catarina Páscoa Madeira
AcademiaEuropean Forum Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP)Hilde Vanaken
AcademiaEuropean Cardiovascular Research Institute (ECRI) 
AcademiaPaediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) 
Industry EU tradesEuropean CRO Federation (EUCROF)Martine Dehlinger-Kremer
Industry EU tradesEuropean Federation of Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (EFSPI)Christoph Gerlinger
Industry EU tradesEuropean Industrial Pharmacists Group (EIPG)Rebecca Stanbrook
Industry EU tradesMedtech & Pharma Platform (MPP)Fatima Bennai-Sanfourche
Industry EU tradesVaccines EuropeMegan Heath