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MHRA appoints three directors to its Board

pharmafile | July 31, 2013 | Appointment | Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, MHRA 

The Department of Health has announced that three new non-executive directors are joining the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

The three directors joining the MHRA are: Dame Valerie Beral, director of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford; Professor Alexander Markham, Professor of Medicine at the University of Leeds; and Professor David Webb (pictured), Christison Professor of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh.

MHRA incorporates the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), an e-health research service and the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NISBC), which assures the standards of biological medicines.

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Lord Howe, health minister, said: “I am pleased to appoint Dame Valerie Beral, Professor Alexander Markham and Professor David Webb as non-executive directors of the MHRA. They bring a wealth of experience to our board and will play a key role in the leadership of the agency in its vital role, improving and protecting public health.”

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