Peter Richardson, PhD European Medicines Agency

Dr Richardson is a pharmacist, with a Ph.D. in pharmaceutics from The Queens University, Belfast. He worked for a number of years in the pharmaceutical industry (1991-1998) in the UK and Italy in the area of formulation research and development, with companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, SmithKline Beecham, Pfizer and Serono, concentrated mainly on drug delivery and controlled release systems for small and large molecules. He has worked for the UK MHRA as a pharmaceutical assessor (1998-2004), with time assessing chemical and abridged applications and wide ranging experience of biotechnology / biological applications. He was UK delegate for the CHMP Biologics Working Party (BWP) prior to joining the European Medicines Agency, where he had roles of scientific administrator (2004-2010) and Head of Biologicals Section (2010-2013). In the Human Medicines R&D Support Division, he was Head of Quality Office (2013 - 2020 ), providing oversight of the many aspects relating to quality of chemical and biological medicinal products. He is currently acting as scientific secretary for the BWP.