Argentina
Dr Pablo Bazerque, Director
Administacion Nacional de
Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología
Medica, Buenos Aires
f: 43-400 800
f: 43-428 684
bazerque@anmat.gov.ar

Republic of Armenia
Professor E. Gabrielian, Director
Drug Agency of Armenia, Yerevan
t: 374-2584 120
f: 374-2151 697
gabri@pnas.sci.am

Irina Jaghatspanyan
Head, Department for Drug Registration
Armenian Drug and Medical Technology
Agency, Yerevan
t: 374 2584 120
f: 374 2151 697
pharmag@ns.z.am

Hranoush Nikogosian
Deputy Director, Armenian Drug and
Medical Technology Agency, Yerevan
t: 374 2584 120/169
f: 374 2151 697
pharmag@ns.z.am

Australia
Mr Terence Slater, National Manager
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Canberra, ACT
t: 61 2 62 321 8200
f: 61 2 62 32 8239
terry.slater@health.gov.au

Jonathan Benyei, Manager
Policy Development
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Canberra, ACT
t: 612 6232 8231
f: 612 6232 8239
jonathan.benyei@health.gov.au

Austria
Dr Christian Kalcher
International Pharmaceutical Affairs
Bundesministerium für Arbeit,
Gesundheit und Soziales, Wien
t: 43 171172 4894
f: 43 1714 9222
christian.kalcher@bmg.gv.at

Bangladesh
Muhammad Abdul Malek
Director, Drug Administration
Dhaka
t: 955-6126/956-8166
f: 880-283 6897

Barbados
Maryam Hinds, Director
Barbados Drug Service, Ministry of
Health, St. Michael
t: 246-427 8719
f: 246-429 6980
bds@caribsurf.com.

David Lawrence Crawford
Drug Inspector
Barbados Drug Service, Ministry of
Health, St. Michael
t: 246-427 8309
f: 246-429 6980
bas@caribsurf.com.

Belarus
Larisa Gashek, Head
Pharmacy Department, Ministry of
Health
t: 172-206 390
f: 172-226 297

Benin
Regina Badet
Ministère de la Santé Publique, Cotonou
t: 229 334 583
f: 229 334 583

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dario Nenadic
Assistant Minister for Pharmaceuticals
Federal Ministry of Health, Sarajevo
t: 38771-203 454/201 483
f: 38771-664 245/664 246
phareexp@bih.net.ba

Professor Irfan Zulic
President, Drug Registration
Commission, Sarajevo
t: 387-71441 895
f: 387-71441 813
i.zulic@bih.net.ba

Professor Ranko Skrbic
Adviser for National Drug Policy
Department of Pharmacology
Banja Luka University
Banja Luka
t: 381-7823 433
f: 381-7832 540
pharepha@inecco.net

Natasa Ritan
Department of Pharmacology
University of Banja Luka
t: 381-7823 433
f: 381-7832 540
pharepha@inecco.net

Vanda Markovic-Pekovic
Department of Pharmakology
University of Banja Luka
t: 381-784 1132
f: 381-783 2540
pharepha@inncco.net

Donatella Linari
Team Leader, PHARE
Sarajevo
t: 387-716 63 733
f: 387-716 56 829
pharepha@bih.net.ba

Emina Kupusija
National Coordinator, PHARE
Sarajevo
t: 38771-663 733/656 829
f: 38771-663 733/656 829
phareexp@bih.net.ba

Botswana
Mrs Pono Mokgatla
Drug Regulatory Unit
Ministry of Health, Gaborone
t: 580 870
f: 580 870

Ishmael Joseph
Head, Drug Regulatory Unit
Ministry of Health, Gaborone
t: 267-580 864
f: 267-580 870
drugregu@global.bw

Brazil
Dr S. Paulo Resende, Director
Departamento Technico y Normativo
Ministry of Health, Brasilia
t: 55-61226 9903
f: 55-61225 5765
dimed@saude.gov.br

Dr Sergio Alcantara Madeira
Director, Medical Devices
National Health Surveillance Agency
Ministry of Health, Brasilia
t: 55-61315 2057
f: 55-61315 2262
sergio.madeira@saude.gov.br

Burkina Faso
Dr Campaore Mahamadou, Directeur
Services Pharmaceutiques, Ministry of
Health, Ouagadougou
t: 226-324 660
f: 226-324 661

Cambodia
Dr Ung Phyrun, Secretary of State
Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh
t: 855-23 426 841
f: 855-23 426 841
Moh@camnet.com.kh

Cameroon
Raoul D. Massing Bias
Pharmacy and Drugs Directorate
Ministry of Health, Yaoundé
t: 237-224 144
f: 237-224 144

Dr Flore Ndembiyembe
Committee against Drug Abuse
Ministry of Health, Yaoundé
t: 237-234 020, extension 4305
f: 237-217 243

China
Xiaoye Wang
Project Officer / Bilateral Cooperation
Dept. Of International Cooperation
State Drug Administration, Beijing
t: 86-106 8315 647
f: 86-106 8315 648
xiaoyew@hotmail.net

Ming Li Shao, Deputy Director General
State Drug Administration, Beijing
t: 86-106 833 344
f: 86-106 8315 648

Professor Haljun Zhou, Director
National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical
& Biological Products
Ministry of Health, Beijing
t: 86-106 7013 755
f: 86-106 7010 597
hjzhou@nicpbp.org.cn

Li Li Zhao, Deputy Director
Department of International Cooperation
State Drug Administration, Beijing
t: 861-0683 18660
f: 861-0683 15648
Nicpbpi@public.bta.net.cn

Dr Margaret Chan, Director of Health
Department of Health, Hong Kong
t: 852-2961 8888
f: 852-2836 0071

Dr Sin Ping Mak
Assistant Director of Health
Department of Health, Hong Kong
t: 852-2961 8892
f: 852-2836 0071
spmak@hk.super.net

Mr A. Wing-Kin Chan
Chief Pharmacist
Department of Health, Hong Kong
t: 852-2961 8750
f: 852-2834 5117
pharmadr@asiaonline.net

Colombia
Dr J.O. Gomez, Director,
INVIMA
Ministry of Health, Santa Fé de Bogota
t: 57-1211 5951
ossmajo@minzalud.gov.co

Croatia
Ana-VinkaZekan, Head
Department of Medicinal Products
Ministry of Health, Zagreb
t: 385-1481 9362
f: 385-1481 9362

Jasminka Smolcic, Adviser
Department of Medicinal Products
Ministry of Health, Zagreb
t: 385-1481 9362
f: 385-1481 9362

Cyprus
Eftychios Kkolos, Director
Pharmaceutical Services, Nicosia
t: 2-309 578
f: 2-305 802
roc-
pharmaceuticalcentral1@cytanet.com.cy

Czech Republic
Dr Milan Smid, Head
State Institute for Drug Control, Prague
t: 420-26731 1153
f: 420-27273 9995
smid@sukl.cz

Denmark
Dr Ib Bo Lumholtz, Chief Executive
Danish Medicines Agency, Bronshoj
t: 45-4488 9111
f: 45-4491 7373
BL@dkma.dk

Dr Henrik Wegener, Head
Danish Zoonosis Centre, Copenhagen
t: 45-3530 0100
f: 45-3530 0120
hcu@svs.dk

Egypt
Moustafa El Hadary
Head/Regulatory Affairs Manager
Drug Policy and Planning Centre
Ministry of Health, Cairo
t: 202-588 1317
f: 202-588 1202
dept2@ldscl.gov.eg

Eritrea
Asgedom Mosazghi, Head
Drug Control Division
Ministry of Health, Asmara
t: 291-1120 297
f: 291-1122 899
Asgm@eri.Healthnet.org

Estonia
Dr Lembit Rägo, Director General
State Agency of Medicines, Tartu
t: 372-7441 219
f: 372-7441 549
lembit@sam.ee

Dr Kristin Raudsepp, Head
Department of Registration
State Agency of Medicines, Tartu
t: 372-7441 219
f: 372-7441 549
Kristin@sam.ee

Dr Hillarlmelik, Head
Department of Blood Products
State Agency of Medicines, Tartu
t: 372-5152 597
f: 372-4380 344
Hillar@tic.ee

Ethiopia
Teferi Mengistab W. Aregay
Drug Administration and Control
Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa
t: 251-1158 906
f: 251-1512 691

Fiji
Abdul AhjazAzam
Ministry of Health, Suva
t: 679 315 022
f: 679 304 199
aazam@health.gov.fj

Finland
Hannes Wahlroos, Director General
National Agency for Medicines, Helsinki
t: 358-947 334 200
f: 358-947 304 345
hannes.wahlroos@ham.fi

France
Professor Jean-Pierre Reynier
Health Products Agency, Saint Denis
t: 33 4 9180 2890
f: 33 4 9183 5547

Gambia
Dr Mariatou Tala Jallow
Chief Pharmacist and Registrar
Department of State for Health, Banjul
t: 220 225 374
f: 220 225 873
Talacms@qanet.gm

Georgia
Dr Marine Giorgobiani
Head, Pharmacy information Agency
Drug and Pharmacy Department, Tbilisi
t: 995-32387180
f: 995-3294 0527
dmpharm@acc.sanet.ge

Dr Alexandre Tomadze, Deputy Head
Drug and Pharmacy Department, Tbilisi
t: 995-3238 98-51
f: 995-3225 0632
dmpharm@acc.sanet.ge

Germany
Professor Alfred G. Hildebrandt
Head, Federal Institute for Drugs
and Medical Devices, Berlin
t: ***********-3203
f: ***********-3332
a.hildebrandt@bfarm.de

Dr Roger Grase. Head of Steering Unit
Federal Institute for Drugs
and Medical Devices, Berlin
t: 49-304 5484 041
f: 49-304 5484 133
r.grase@bfarm.de

Dr Jürgen Beckmann
Head of Division, Marketed Medicinal
Products, Federal Institute for Drugs and
Medical Devices, Berlin
j.beckmann@bfarm.de

Dr Susanne Keitel
Division Head, Pharmaceutical Quality
Federal Institute for Drugs
and Medical Devices, Berlin
t: 49-304 5483 372
f: 49-304 5483 452
s.keitel@bfarm.de

Dr Konstantin Keller
Head, Department Particular Therapies
Federal Institute for Drugs
and Medical Devices, Berlin
t: 49-304 5485 335
f: 49-304 5485 395
k.keller@bfarm.de

Dr Johannes Löwer
Deputy Director, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
Head, Department Particular Therapies
t: 49-610 3772 000
f: 49-610 3771 252
loejo@pei.de

Ghana
Mr T. C. Corquaye, Chief Executive
Food and Drugs Board
t: 233-21 661248/660489
f: 233-21 660489
fdb@ghana.com

Mr Benjamin Kwame Botwe
Acting Dept. Chief Executive
Food and Drugs Board
t: 233-21 661248/660489
f: 233-21 660489
fdb@ghana.com

Mr Joseph Nyoagbe
Head/Principal Inspect. Services
Regulatory Controls
Pharmacy Council, Accra
t: 233-21 223894
f: 233-21 229573

Greece
Professor T. Kefalas, Vice President
National Drug Organization, Athens
t: 301 6549 588
f: 301 6549 598

Guinea
Sekou Oumar Kourouma
Direction Nationale de la Pharmacie et
du Laboratoire
Ministère de la Santé Publique, Conakry
t: 224-4511 42
f: 224-4580 50

Hungary
Professor Tamas Paal, Director-General
National Institute of Pharmacy
t: 36-1 3174 044
f: 36-1 3171 462
tpaal@ogyi.hu

Iceland
Einar Magnusson
Director of Pharmaceutical Affairs
Ministry of Health
t: 354-5609 700
f: 354-5519 165
einar.magnusson@htr.stjr.is

Indonesia
Udin Syamsudin Tuatmadja, Head
Sub-Directorate, Drug Legislation and
Standards, Food and Drug Control
Directorate General of Drug and Food
Control, Jakarta
t: 62-214 245 459
f: 62-214 243 605

Ms Mawarwati Djamaludin
Directorate General of Drug and Food
Control, Jakarta
t: 62-214 245 331
f: 62 214 244 947
sespom@idola.net.id

Endang Woro Tedjowati, Head, Drug
Registration, Directorate General of
Drug and Food Control, Jakarta
t: 62-214 245 459
f: 62-214 243 605
Regobpom@indo.net.id

Ireland
Dr Mary Teeling, Medical Director
Irish Medicines Board
t: 353-16764 971
f: 353-16767 836
mary.teeling@imb.ie

Israel
Batya Haran
Director, Pharmaceutical Division
Ministry of Health, Jerusalem
t: 972-2568 1212
f: 972-2672 5820
gniharan@matat.health.gov.il

Jamaica
Mrs Grace Allen-Young, Director, Pharmaceutical Services
Ministry of Health, Kingston
t: 876-967 1647
f: 876-967 1679
ayoungg@ns.jm

Japan
Dr Osamu Doi, Councillor
Pharmacy and Medical Safety
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo
t: 81-335 919 646
f: 81-335 97 953
OD-FRG@mhw.go.jp

Toshiyoshin Tominaga
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo
t: 81-335 031 711 ex 2745
f: 81-335 979 535
TT-ZEV@mhw.go.jp

Dr Keiji Ueda, Director
Tokyo Metropolitan Tama
Geriatric Hospital
t: 81-423 963 811
f: 81-423 963 071

Koichi Takada
Deputy Director, Pharmaceutical
and Medical Devices Evaluation Centre
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo
t: 81-354 031 411
f: 81-354 031 417
ktakada@nihs.go.jp

Professor Matsuhisa Inoue
Department of Microbiology
Kitasato University School of Medicine
Kanagawa
t: 81-427 789 355
f: 81-427 789 350
matsu@kitasato-u.ac.jp

Akira Kawahara
Medical Device Review Director
Evaluation and Licensing Division
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Bureau
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo
t: 81-3595 2431
f: 81-3597 9535

Jordan
Dr Maisa Al Saket
Director, Drug Directorate
Ministry of Health, Amman
t: 569 7838
f: 569 3051

Kazakhstan
Lubov Sichimbaeva
Ministry of Education, Culture
and Public Health Services, Almati
t: 32-7233 0209
f: 32-7233 6384

Dr Lenbai Salpinow, Head
Zentrum Farmacie, Almati
t: 32-7233 5837
f: 32-7233 1672

Kenya
Dr Elizabeth Ominde-Ogaja
Director, National Drug Quality
Control Laboratory, Nairobi
t: 254-272 6963
f: 254-271 8073
natqclab@net2000ke.com

Bibiana Njue
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Ministry of Health, Nairobi
t: 254-271 7077
f: 254-271 2495
Kndpbn@net2000ke.com

Kuwait
Dr Essa Al-Khalifa
Assistant Under-Secretary
Quality Control of Drugs
Ministry of Health, Kuwait
t: 48-31038
f: 48-11267

Kyrgyzstan
Nurgul Toktonalieva
Head, Certification and Licensing Office
Department of Drugs and Med. Equipment
Bishkek
t: 996-312 661 503
f: 996-312 221 523

Dr Rustam Kurmanov
Head, Department of Registration
Department of Drug Provision
and Reg. Equipment, Bishkek
t: 996-312 221 531
f: 996-312 221 523

Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Sivong Sengaloundeth
Head, Drug Control Division
Food and Drug Department
Ministry of Health, Vientiane
t: 85-621 214 014
f: 85-621 214 015

Latvia
Dr Valdis Mikazans
Head, Department of Pharmacology
State Agency of Medicines, Riga
t: 371-711 3971
f: 371-711 2848
ilzesaulite@vza.gov.lv

Lebanon
Dr A. Makarem
National Program Office
On Pharmaceutical Issues
C/o WHO Office, P.O. Box 5391
Beirut
t: 961-3236 265
abirmak@cyberia.net.lb

Liberia
Mr P. Tarpowah Kear, Jr.
Chief Pharmacist, Pharmacy Division
Ministry of Health & Social Welfare
Monrovia
t: 231-226 317
f: 231-226 317

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Dr Emhemmed Mohamed Khsheba
Head/General Director
Pharmacy & Medical Equipment.
Drug Regulatory Authority, Tripoli
t: 218-213 608 007
f: 218-213 608 007

Dr Fathi Elgtet
Head, Medical Supply
Medical Laboratories Section, Tripoli
t: 218-213 608 007
f: 218-213 608 007

Dr Mahmud Ghanem
Head, Drug Section, Tripoli
t: 218-213 607 730
f: 218-213 608 007

Lithuania
Dr Mykolas Mauricas, Chairman
Bioproducts and Diagnostics, State
Medicines Control Agency, Vilnius
t: 3702-226 677
f: 3702-642 558
vvkt@wkt.lt ipil@biofa.lt

Luxembourg
Dr Jean-Louis Robert, Chef de Division
Quality Control of Medicines
Laboratoire Nationale de Santé
Luxembourg
t: 352-491 191 358
f: 352-404 319
scmlns@pt.lu

Malaysia
Dr Anis Bin Ahmad, Director
Pharmaceutical Services
Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur
t: 603-441 2958
f: 603-441 1623
anis@moh.gov.my

Che Mohd. Zin Che Awang,
Deputy Director, Secretary
National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau
Ministry of Health, Selangor
t: 603-757 3611
f: 603-758 1312
zin@bpfk.gov.my

Mali
Dr Sory Ibrahima Kaba
Président de la Commission Nat. de
Visa des Medicaments
Ministère de la Santé, des Personnes
Agées et de la Solidarité, Bamako
t: 223-225 301/225 302
f: 223-230 203

Mongolia
Professor Gendenjamts.Erdenetsetseg
Lecturer, Ulaan Baatar
t: 976-132 0762

Morocco
Professeur Jamal Taoufik
Directeur, Direction du Medicament
et de la Pharmacie, Rabat
t: 212-768 1930
f: 212-768 1931
jtaoufik@sante.gov.ma

Dr Fouad Hamadi, Secretaire General
Ministère de la Santé, Rabat
t: 212-776 4019/776 2206
f: 212-776 3895

Mozambique
Dr Domingos Tuto
National Pharmaceutical Inspector
Ministry of Health, Maputo
t: 2581-308 400/422 159
f: 2581-422 159

Republic of Macedonia
Nada Estatieva
Assistant to Minister of Health
Pharmaceutical Department
Ministry of Health, Skopje
t: 389-9111 0061
f: 389-9123 0857

Biljana Celevska
Senior Sanitary and Health Inspector
Ministry of Health, Skopje
t: 389 91 122 355
f: 389 91 230 857

Myanmar
M.U Myint Thein, Rector
Institute of Pharmacy
University Campus, Yangon
t: 95-152 6221
f: 95-121 0652

Namibia
Mrs. Dinah J. Tjiho
Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of
Health and Social Services, Windhoek
t: 264-612032 861
f: 264-612032 998
MCCSECR@IAFRICA.COM.NA

Nepal
Dr Sorti Nath Ariyal, Special Secretary
Ministry of Health
Kathmandu
t: 977-1254 759
f: 977-1262 896

Dr Asfaq Sheak
Department of Drug Administration
Kathmandu
t: 977-1491 432
f: 977-1490 227
dda@npl.healthnet.org

Radha Raman Prasad
Department of Drug Administration
Kathmandu
t: 977-1491 432/472 512
f: 490 227
dda@npl.healthnet.org.

Netherlands
Professor Dr A. H. Broekmans
Executive Director
Medicines Evaluation Board, The Hague
t: 31-70356 7450
f: 31-70356 7515
aw.broekmans@cbg-meb.nl

Professor Bruno Stricker
Drug Safety Officer
Ministry of Health, The Hague
t: 31-70340 6793
f: 31-70340 7159
Strcker@epib.fgg.eur.nl

Dr M. ten Ham
Senior Advisor, Pharmaceutical Affairs
Pharmaceutical Department
Ministry of Health, The Hague
t: 31-303407 970
f: 31-7087
m.ham@minvws.nl

Marit Elenbaas-Thomas
Department of Pharmaceutical Affairs
Ministry of Health, The Hague
t: 31-703 405 911
t: 31-703 407 187
mj.elenbaas@mlnvws.nl

John Lisman, Legal Counsellor
Medicines Evaluation Board
The Hague
t: 31-703 567 498
f: 31-703 567 515
JA.lisman@cbg-meb.nl

New Zealand
Dr Susan Martindale
Medicines & Medical Devices
Safety Authority (Medsafe), Wellington
t: 64-4496 2092
f: 64-4496 2229
Susan_martindale@moh.govt.nz

Dr Stewart S. Jessamine
Senior Medical Advisor
Safety Authority (MEDSAFE)
Medicines and Medical Devices
Wellington
t: 64-4496 2274
f: 64-4496 2229
stewart_jessamine@moh.gart.nz

Niger
Dr Moustapha Diallo
Inspecteur General de la Pharmacie
et des Laboratoires
Ministère de la santé publique, Niamey
t: 227-741 533
f: 227-732 876

Niger
Dr Rabe Malam-Souley
Directeur de la Pharmacie
et des Laboratoires
Ministère de la santé publique, Niamey
t: 227-722 665
f: 227-733 570
rmsouley@udm.ne

Inoussa Tini, Head
Division legislation et Réglementation
Ministère de la Sante Publique, Niamey
t: 227-722 665

Nigeria
Rufus Kayode Omotayo, Director
Food and Drug Services Department
Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja
t: 234-9523 7759
f: 234-9534 4590

Oladotan Gbolahan Amosun
Deputy Director
Food and Drug Services Department
Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja
t: 234-9523 7159
f: 234-9523 8360

Felix Adun Asemota
National Agency for Food and Drugs
Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Lagos
t: 234-1269 0590/1269 4568
f: 234-1269 5006
nafdac.lagos@alpha.linkserve.com

Hannatu Kayit
Registrar (Secretary)
Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, Lagos
t: 234-1774 0894
f: 234-1860178
P.C.N.@mailcity.com

Palestine
Mr Zeyad Suliman Shaat,
Director General
General Administration of Pharmacy
t: 9727-282 6448
f: 9727-284 2668

Panama
Professor Dr Francisco Bravo
Panamanian Medical Association
Panama City
t: 507-2643 058
f: 507-2698 395
amenalpa@sinfo.net
DrBravocaza@hotmail.com

Peru
Dr Manuel Izaguirre Sotomayor
Director general
Direccion general de medicamentos
insumos y drogas, Lima
t: 265-8774 / 265-8776
f: 471-6353
m.izaguirre@digemid.qo
cohepe@amnet.com.pe

Philippines
Dr William Torres
Director, Bureau of Food and Drugs
Department of Health
Munitinglupa City
t: 632-807 0721
f: 632-807 0725/0751
wdtorres@pworld.net.ph

Poland
Professor Aleksander Mazurek
Director, Drug Registration Committee
Drug Institute, Warsaw
t: 48-2241 2940
f: 48-2241 0652
paulm@il.waw.pl

Dr Waldemar Zielinski, Vice Chairman
Bureau of Drug Registration
Drug Institute, Warsaw
t: 48-2241 2927 ext 354
f: 48-2241 6743 ext 199
Waziel@il.Waw.pl.

Portugal
Dr José Aranda da Silva, President
National Institute for Pharmacy and
Medicines (infarmed), Lisboa
t. 352-1798 7117/8
f. 351-1798 7120/24
aranda.silva@infarmed.pt

Dr Rui Santos Ivo
Medicines and Health Products Eval.,
Pharmacovigilance and Reg. Affairs
Instituto Nacional da Farmacia e do
Medicamento, Lisboa
t: 351-1798 7118/9
f: 351-1798 7120/24
rui.ivo@infarmed.pt

Republic of Moldova
Professor Boris Parii, Director
National Institue of Pharmacy
Chighinau
t: 3732-737 002
f: 3732-737 045

Oleg Bardaghin
Deputy Head / State Laboratory
for Quality Control of Drugs
National Institute of Pharmacy
Kischinev
t: 3732-727 203
f: 3732-727 207

Romania
Professor Ion Fulga, President
National Medicine Agency of Romania
Bucharest
t: 401-224 1079
f: 401-230 5083

Russia
Dr Victor Dmitriev, Deputy Director
National Center for Drug Evaluation
Moscow
t: 70-95 190 2080/257 2310
f: 70-95 190 3490

Professor Vladimir Fissenko, Chairman
Research Center of Drugs Evaluation
Ministry of Health, Moscow
t: 70-95 245 8651
f: 70-95 248 0181

Professor Ramil Khabriev, Chief
Department of Safety and Drugs Control
Ministry of Health, Moscow
t: 70-95 973 1394
f: 70-95 973 1674

Rwanda
Leon Ruvugabigwi, Director
Pharmacy Services-Rwanda
Ministry of Health, Kigali
t: 250-77910
f: 250-76853

Senegal
Professor Issa Lo
Direction de la Pharmacie
et du Medicament
Ministère de la Santé, Dakar
t: 221-822 4470
f: 221-821 0910

Sierra Leone
Michael Lansana, Registrar
Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone
Government Control Medical
Stores, Freetown
t: 232-2224 0489, 2224 0402
f: 232-2224 2253

Singapore
Mrs Tan Shook-Fong
National Pharmaceutical Administration
Ministry of Health, Singapore
t: 65-325 5619
f: 65-325 54323
Shook_Fong_TAN@moh.gov.sg

Ms Suwarin Chaturapit
Divisional Director (Pharmacy Practice)
National Pharmaceutical Administration
Ministry of Health, Singapore
t: 65-325 5605
f: 65-325 5448
Suwarin_CHATURAPIT@moh.gov.sg

Slovakia
Professor Dr Ludevit Martinec, Director
State Institute for Drug Control,
Bratislava
t: 421-7555 64127
f: 421-7555 64127
kevicka@spamba.sk

Dr Dagmar Stara
Head of Division of Registration and Approval
State Institute for Drug Control,
Bratislava
t: 421-7555 71266
f: 421-7-555 71944
kevicka@spamba.sk

South Africa
Dr Helen Rees, Chairperson
Medicines Control Council, Pretoria
t: 12-312 0286
helen.rees@pixie.co.sa

Mrs Malebona Precious Matsoso
Registar of Medicines
Department of Health, Pretoria
t: 12-312 0285/6
f: 12-323 4474
matsop@hltrsa.pwv.gov.za

Spain
Professor Josep Torrent-Farnell
Director, Spanish Medicines Agency
Ministry of Health and Costumer Affairs
Madrid
t: 91-596 1627
f: 91-596 1615
sdaem@msc.es

Dr Teresa San Miguel
Farmacologica y Evaluacion Clinica
Agencia Espanola del Medicamos,
Madrid
t: 34-91 596 1852
f: 34- 91 596 4069
msanmiguel@msc.es

Swaziland
Mrs Thuli Sibiya, Chief Pharmacist
Pharmaceutical Services
Ministry of Health & Social Welfare
Mbabame
t: 268-404 2431/4
f: 268-404 2092
amt@realimage.co.sz

Sri Lanka
Dr Upul Ajith Mendis, Director
Registration and Regulations
Xontrol of Cosmetics, Defices, Drugs,
Medical Technology and Supplies
Drug Regulation Authority, Colombo
t: 91-1695 173
f: 91-689 704

Sudan
Dr Hassan Abdelwahab Muhieldin
General Director
Pharmacy Directorate
Ministry of Health, Khartoum
t: 249-1177 697/335 251
f: 249-1177 2970

Sweden
Professor Kjell Strandberg
Director Genera, Medical Products
Agency, Uppsala
t: 46-1817 4600
f: 46-1854 8566
kjell.strandberg@mpa.se

Åse Lidbeck, Special Advisor
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Stockholm
t: 46-8405 1500
f: 46-8796 9086
ase.lidbeck@finance.ministry.se

Lars Markstedt, Audit Director
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Stockholm
t: 46-690 4231
f: 46-690 4106
lars.markstedt@rrv.se

Professor Christina Graffner,
Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology
Medical Products Agency, Uppsala
t: 46-1817 4853
f: 46-1854 8566
christina.graffner@mpa.se

Professor Björn Beermann, Head
Unit of Drug Epidemiology,
Information and Inspection
Medical Products Agency, Uppsala
t: 46-1817-4600
f: 46-1850-1168
bjorn.beermann@mpa.se

Switzerland
Paul J. Dietschy
Head / Deputy Director
Main Unit Medicines / Federal Office of
Public Health, Bern
t: 41-313 249 199
f: 41-313 249 200
paul.dietschy@bag.admin.ch

Alfred Jost, Deputy Director
Intercantonal Office for the Control of
Medicines (IOCM), Bern
t: 41-031 322 0211
f: 41-031 322 0212
Alfred.Jost@iks.admin.ch

Dr Rolf Spang, Head
Registration Department
Intercantonal Office for the Control of
Medicines (IOCM), Bern
t: 41-313 220 444
f: 41-313 220 212
Rolf.Spang@iks.admin.ch

Syria
Souheila Hakim, Director
Pharmaceutical Affairs
Ministry of Health, Damascus
t: 963-113 321 158
f: 963-113 311 114
Health-min@syriatel.net

Fadwa Murad, Chief
Computer Department
Information Office
Ministry of Health, Damascus
t: 963-113 314 663
f: 963-113 311 114
health_min@syriatel.net health-min@syriatel.net

Tajikistan
Abdoulhakim Kholov, Head
Department of Pharmaceuticals and
Medical Equipment, Ministry of Health,
Dushanbe
t: 213 064/311 562
f: 213 064

Dr Dilbar Poulatova
Ministry of Health, Dushanbe
t: 378 936

Tanzania
Mrs Margareth Ndomondo Sigonda
Registrar, Pharmacy Board
Ministry of Health, Dar-es Salaam
t: 255-51 450 979/450 512
f: 255-51 450 793
pharmacy.board@twiga.com

Professor Gad Kilonzo
University of Dar es Salaam
t: 255-5115 1537
f: 255-5115 1537/15196
gkilonzo@muchs.ac.tz
jmbwambo@muchs.ac.tz

Thailand
Ms Charunee Krisanaphan
Drug Control Division, Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Nonthaburi
t: 2-590 7193
f: 2-590 7204
charunee@health.moph.go.th

Tunisia
Professor Amor Toumi, Directeur
Direction de la Pharmacie et
du Medicament
Ministère de la Santé Publique, Tunis
t: 796-824
f: 796-816
amor.toumi@ms.tn

Uganda
Dr Jack G. M. Jagwe, Chairman
National Drug Authority, Kampala
t: 256.41 255 665 / 255 628
t: 256-41 347 391 / 347 392
f: 255 758
nda@imul.com

Abaasi Kabogo
Executive Secretary/Registrar
National Drug Authority, Kampala
t: 256-41 255 665 / 347 391
f: 256-41 255 758
nda@imul.com

Ukraine
Petra Ivanovych Sereda
First Vice Chairman
Pharmacological Committee of Ukraine
Kiev
t: 380-44-253-7312
f: 380-44-293-5439
sereda@pharma.viaduk.net

United Arab Emirates
Dr Fahimah Kamil Alawady, Director
Pharmacy Department
Ministry of Health, Sharjah
t: 971-436 2418/ 506 264782
f: 971-636 6685

United Kingdom
Dr Keith Jones, CEO
Medicines Control Agency
London
t: 44-171 273 0100
f: 44-171 273 0848
khj@mca.gov.uk

Dr Peter Arlett, Acting Group Manager
ADROIT Pharmacovigilance Group
Medicines Control Agency, London
t: 44-171 2730 115
f: 44-171 2730 205

Dr Philip D. Minor, Head
Division of Virology, NIBSC
t: 44-170 765 4753
f: 44-170 764 6730
pminor@nibsc.ac.uk

Dr Gordon Munro
Head of Inspection and Enforcement
Medicines Control Agency, London
t: 44-171 2730 500
f: 44-171 2730 676
gordon.munro@mca.gov.uk

John Turner, Group Manager
Policy Standards
Medicines Control Agency, London
t: 44-171 273 0589
f: 44-171 273 0676
john.turner@mca.gov.uk

United States of America
Dr Stuart Nightingale
Associate Commissioner for Health
Affairs, Office of the Commissioner
FDA, Rockville, MD
t: 1-301 827 6610
f: 1-301 443 1309
snightin@oc.fda.gov

Dr Roger Williams
Director, CDER
FDA, Rockville, MD
t: 1-301 594 2847
f: 1-301 827 3698
williamsr@cder.fda.gov

Dr Elaine Esber
Associate Director for
Medical & International Affairs
Center for Biologics Evaluation &
Research, FDA, Rockville, MD
t: 1-301 827 0641
f: 1-301 827 0644
esbere@cder.fda.gov

Dr Justina A. Molzon, CDER
FDA, Rockville, MD
t: 1-301 594 5580
f: 1-301 827 3698
molzonj@cder.fda.gov

Dr Dorothy Scott
Regulation of Plasma Derivatives
FDA, Bethesda, MD
t: 1:301 496 4396
f: 1:301 402 2780
scottd@cber.fda.gov

Uzbekistan
Abdukadir Tlaganow
Tashkent Institute of Pharmacy
Tashkent
t: 56-3839
f: 56-4504

Mr Mansurlsaev
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment Board
Ministry of Health, Tashkent
t: 48-2774
f: 48-2313

Venezuela
Esperanza Briceno
Instituto Nacional de Higiene
Caracas
t: 693 2863
f: 693 4967/693 1455
inhrr2@reacciun.ve

Vietnam
Dr Tuu Nguyen Van
Deputy Director General
Drug Administration of Vietnam
Ministry of Health, Hanoi
t: 844-846 4413 / 849-846 2009
f: 844-823 4758

Republic of Yemen
Ahmed Alnamani, Director General
Supreme Board of Drug
and Medical Applications
Ministry of Public Health, Sanaa
t: 9671-252 210
f: 9671-251 632

Zimbabwe
Mafios Dauramanzi, Director General
Medicines Control Authority
Harare
t: 263-473 6981-5
f: 263-473 6980
mca2@africaonline.co.zw

Ms Gugu Mahlangu
Director - Medicines Control
Medicines Control Authority
Harare
t: 263-470 8255
f: 263-473 6980
mcaz@AfricaOnline.co.zw

Mrs Ropafadzai Hove
Principal Regulatory Officer
Medicines Control Authority
Harare
t: 263-473 6981/4708255
f: 263-473 6980
mcaz@AfricaOnline.co.zw

Special guests and speakers
Andrea Fischer
Federal Minister of Health
Ministry of Health, Bonn
Germany

Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland
Director-General
World Health Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland

Helmut Voigtländer
Head of Division
International Department
Ministry of Health, Bonn
Germany

Professor Dr Ernst Habermann
Klinische Pharmakologie
Klinikum der Justis-Liebig-Univesitat
Giessen
Germany

Dr Jong Wook Lee
Special Advisor to the Director General
World Health Organization, Switzerland

Peter Strieder, Minister
Land Berlin
Urban Development, Environmental
Protection, Technology, Berlin
Germany

Dr Tapani Piha
Counsellor on Health Issues
Brussels

Mitchell Zeller
Office of the Commissioner
FDA, Rockville, MD

Dr David Gannaway
Director and Vice President
Worldwide Regulatory Affairs
and Compliance
Glaxo Wellcome UK

David Sweanor
Ontario, Canada
t: 1-613 230 4211
f: 1-613 230 9454

Rodger Merchert, Programme Officer
Public Health Promotion Sector
DSE, Berlin, Germany
t: 49-302 0319 112
f: 49-302 0319 111

Other agencies
Patrick Deboyser
Head of Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics
European Commission, Brussels
Belgium
t: 32-2295 1529
f: 32-2296 1520
patrick.deboyser@dg3.cec.be

Fernand Sauer, Executive Director
EMEA, London, United Kingdom
t: 44-171 4188 409
f: 44 171 4188 409
fernand.sauer@emes.eudra.org

Professor Rolf Bass
Head, Human Medicines Unit
Human Medicines, European Agency for
the Evaluation of Medicines (EMEA)
London, United Kingdom
t: 44-171 418 8411
f: 44-171 418 8551
rolf.bass@emea.eudra.org

Ralph I. Edwards, Director
WHO Collaborating Centre for International
Drug Monitoring/Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Sweden
t: 46-1865 6060
f: 46-1865 6080
ralph.edwards@who.pharmasoft.se

Marit Rønning, Head
WHO Collaborating Centre
for Drug Statistics Methodology, Oslo
t: 47 2216 9810
f: 47 2216 9818
marit.ronning@nmd.no

Sean Mahoney, Officer
Drugs Sub-Directorate
Interpol
Lyon, France
t: 33-47244 7079
f: 33-47244 7321

Ola Westbye, Secretary General
Nordic Council of Medicines
Uppsala, Sweden
t: 46-1810 5801
f: 46-1810 5808

Hanne Bak Pedersen
Senior Technical Officer
Supply Division, UNICEF,
Copenhagen, Denmark
t: 45-3527 3527
f: 45-3526 9421

WHO Headquarters
Dr Michael Scholtz
Executive Director
Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals
WHO, Geneva
scholtzm@who.ch

Dr J. Idänpään-Heikkilä
Special Advisor
Quality and Safety of Pharmaceuticals
Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3681
f: 4122-791 4730
idanpaaj@who.ch

Dr Jonathan D. Quick, Director
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 4443
f: 4122-791 4167
quickj@who.ch

Xiaorui Zhang
Traditional Medicines
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3639
f: 4122-791 0746
zhangx@who.ch

Tokuo Yoshida
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 4317
f: 4122-791 4730
yoshidat@who.ch

Kari Bremer
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3717
f: 4122-791 4167
bremerk@who.ch

Dr Mary Couper
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3643
f: 4122-791 4730
couperm@who.ch

Dr Kazuko Kimura
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3577
f: 4122-791 4730
kimurak@who.ch

Dr Sabine Kopp-Kubel
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3717
f: 4122-791 4167
koppkubels@who.ch

Professor Vladimir Lepakhin
Special Advisor to the Director-General
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3471
f: 4122-791 4761
lepakhimv@who.ch

Dr Anna Padilla
Blood Safety and Clinical Technology
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3892
f: 4122-791 4836
padillaa@who.ch

Dr V. Reggi
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3561
f: 4122-791 4730
reggiv@who.ch

Dr Mark Demesmaeker
Associate Professional Officer
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3653
f: 4122-791 0746
demesmaekerm@who.ch

Christine Encrenaz
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3663
f: 4122-791 4730
encrenazc@who.ch

Dr Rosamund Williams
Anti-infective Drug Resistance
Surveillance and Containment
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 2303
f: 4122-791 2303
williamsr@who.ch

Eshetu Wondemagegnehu
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 3743
f: 4122-791 4161
wondemagegnehue@who.ch

Jun Yoshida
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
WHO, Geneva
t: 4122-791 4235
f: 4122-791 4730
yoshidaj@who.ch

WHO Regional Offices

AFRO
Dr Ossy Kasilo
Acting Regional Adviser
Traditional Medicine, Harare
t: 407-733 1224/407-733 1217
f: 407-733 9160
kailoo@whoafr.org

Dr Wilbert Bannenberg, Coordinator
South African Drug Action Programme
WHO-SADAP, Pretoria
t: 27-1231 20374/27-1231 20374
f: 27-1232 36745
bannew@hltrsa.pwv.gov.za

AMRO/PAHO
Dr Enrique Fefer
Essential Drugs and Other Medicines
Washington
t: 1-202 974 3238
f: 1-202 974 3610
feferenr@paho.org

EMRO
Peter Graaff
Regional Advisor, Essential Drugs
Alexandria
t: 20-3483 0090
f: 20-3483 8916
graaffp@who.sci.eg

EURO
Kees de Joncheere
Regional Advisor for Pharmaceuticals
Copenhagen
t: 45-3917 1432
f: 45-3917 1855
cjo@who.dk

Mary Patricia Harrington
Tobacco and Health Unit
Copenhagen
t: 45-3917 1307
f: 45-3917 1860
pha@who.dk

Gilles-Bernard Forte
Programme for Pharmaceuticals
Copenhagen
t: 45-3917 1432
f: 45-3917 1855
gfo@who.dk

Dr Nata Menabde
NIS Programme for Pharmaceuticals
Copenhagen
t: 45-3917 1504
f: 45-3917 1855
nme@who.dk

SEARO
Dr Kin Shein
Regional Advisor
WHO-SEARO, Delhi
t: 91-113 317 804
f: 91-113 318 607
shein@whosea.org