Pharmaceutical Panel (PHP)
The PHP assesses topic suggestions involving drugs (including the prescribing of drugs) in all primary and secondary care. There can be some overlap with PHP and the other HTA panels, for example when drug and delivery mechanisms are evaluated together. The pharmaceutical industry is well resourced and driven by regulatory bodies so a strong evidence base already exists for many topics in this area.
Membership 2009
Chair
Professor Imti Choonara, Professor in Child Health, Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham
Members
Mrs Nicola Carey, Senior Research Fellow
Mr John Chapman, Service User Representative
Dr Peter Elton, Director of Public Health, Bury Primary Care Trust
Dr Ben Goldacre Research Fellow, Psychological Medicine, Kings College London
Mrs Barbara Greggains, Service User Representative
Dr Dyfrig Hughes Reader in Pharmacoeconomics and Deputy Director, Centre for Economics & Policy in Health, IMSCaR, Bangor University
Dr Maria Kouimtzi, Deputy Editor, Point of Care, Best Practice, BMJ Evidence Centre
Professor Jonathan Ledermann, Professor of Medical Oncology, Director of the Cancer Research UK and University College London Cancer Trials Centre
Dr Yoon K Loke, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of East Anglia
Professor Femi Oyebode, Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Department, university of Birmingham
Dr Andrew Prentice, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, The Rosie Hospital, University of Cambridge
Dr Martin Shelly, General Practitioner, Leeds
Dr Gillian Shepherd, Director, Health and Clinical Excellence, Merck Serono Limited, Feltham
Mrs Katrina Simister, Assistant Director New Medicines, National Prescribing Centre, Liverpool
Mr David Symes, Service User Representative
Dr Lesley Wise, Unit Manager, Pharmacoepidemiology Research Unit, VRMM, MHRA, London
Observers
Ms Kay Pattison, Section head NHS R&D Programme, Department of Health
Mr Simon Reeve, Head of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness, Medicines, Pharmacy and Industry Group, Department of Health
Dr Heike Weber, Programme Manager, MRC
Dr Ursula Wells, Principal Research Officer, Department of Health
Members who served during the calendar year who have left:
Dr Bill Gutteridge, Medical Adviser, National Commissioning Group, London Strategic Health Authority
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