Josée M.M Hansen - European Medicines Agency

Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Josée M.M Hansen
WORK EXPERIENCE
1980–1982
Deputy pharmacist
Public pharmacies, (Netherlands)
Responsible for compounding activities for pharmaceutical products and
delivering pharmaceutical care
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1983–1984
Technical expert
SOLKA S.A., (Nicaragua)
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1984–1991
Pharmacist and member of the management team
AZIVO-apotheek, (Netherlands)
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1991–2001
Senior-inspector
Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, (Netherlands)
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2002–2005
Deputy Inspector-General for Health Care
Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, (Netherlands)
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2003–2003
Acting Inspector-General for Health Care
Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, (Netherlands)
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2001–Present
Chief inspector for pharmaceutical affairs and medical technology
Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, (Netherlands)
Recent achievements: In April 2012 the Dutch Health Care Inspectorate signed a Memorandum of
Understanding in the field of medicines and medical devices with the Chinese Food and Drug
Administration (CFDA). In January 2013 we signed a letter of intent with the Health Safety Authority
(HSA) of Singapore and in April 2013 we trained inspectors of the Tanzanian Food and Drug
Administration (TFDA) in the field of medical devices.
The Dutch Health Care Inspectorate is directly involved in the European network of Competent
Authorities for Medical Devices and is actively involved in implementing the measures proposed by
the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumers. It cooperates and
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initiates collaboration with EU member states and the European Medicines Agency, the Council of
Europe and WHO.
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2011–Present
Member of the Management Team
Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, (Netherlands)
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May 2013–Present
Acting Chief Inspector for hospital care and primary health care
Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, (Netherlands)
Responsible for the Inspectorate’s activities in these fields. Objective: To strengthen the impact of
Inspectorate’s activities on
health care.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
–1980
Pharmacist (Pharm. D)
Utrecht University, (Netherlands)
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–1975
Minor in Spanish
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–1975
Minor in sociology
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Expertise
Publications
Projects
Memberships
International affiliations
2007 - 2010 Project leader of the Priority Medical Devices project at WHO, Geneva, Switzerland,
resulting in the publication of the WHO report Medical Devices, Managing the Mismatch and nine
background papers in September 2010. The results of the project and the report were presented at
the First Global Forum on Medical Devices in Bangkok, Thailand, September 2010.
2005 Member of the organising committee for the seminar on Counterfeit Medicines of the Council of
Europe, Strasbourg, France
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2001 Member of the organising committee of the scientific meeting on medication safety of the
Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France in collaboration with WHO, Geneva
1999 Member of the organising committee of the seminar ‘The pharmacist at the crossroads of new
health risks: an indispensable partner for their management!’ under auspices of the Council of
Europe, Strasbourg, France
1995 Member of the organising committee of the seminar ‘The Pharmacist and the Challenge of New
Social Trends’ under auspices of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France
1995 - 2006 Dutch delegate to the expert committee on pharmaceutical questions of the Council of
Europe, Strasbourg, France
1994 - 2000 Member of the high level committee DG XV of the European Commission, Brussels,
Belgium
Other international affiliations
Consulted as an expert by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and WHO on essential
drugs programs.
1997 Chair of an evaluation mission on an essential drugs programme to
Suriname by order of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996 Team member of an evaluation mission of a WHO/DAP programme
on essential drugs, Bolivia
1995 Chairperson of a 3-day seminar 'Medicamentos y Salud', Diriamba,
Nicaragua
1994 Team member of an evaluation mission of a WHO/DAP programme
on essential drugs, Ecuador
1993 Team member of an evaluation mission of a WHO/DAP programme
on essential drugs, Bolivia
1989 Team member of an evaluation mission of a WHO/DAP programme
on essential drugs, Colombia
1987 - 2000 Vice-chairperson of the board of the Foundation for Pharmacy and
Development Cooperation
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National affiliations
2009 - present Chair of the Dutch Pharmacopeia Authority, for the Minister of
Health, Welfare and Sport
2004 - 2007 Member of the supervisory board of the Board for the
Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides, for the
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
2004 - 2008 Member of the jury of the innovation award of the Dutch
Telemedicine Institute (Nitel)
2004 Member of the advisory committee on pharmaceutical care of the
Health Council of the Netherlands
2004 Member of the advisory committee on patient safety of the Health
Council of the Netherlands
2002 - 2005 Member of the committee on patient safety of the Netherlands
Organisation for Health Research and Development ZonMW
2002 - 2005
Adviser of ‘Studiecentrum voor Bedrijf en Overheid’, an organisation
specialised in training courses for policy-makers
2000 - present Member of the jury of the Dutch Galen Award for pharmaceutical
research
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2000 - 2004 Member of the scientific board of Biotechnology Studies Delft and
Leiden Universities, the Netherlands
1999 - present Adviser of the council for pharmacy specialists (Centraal College)
1999 - 2005 Board member of the Foundation Geneesmiddelenbulletin, a bulletin
for independent information on drug therapies
1997 - 1999 Member of the Advisory Committee on Dialysis of the National
Kidney Foundation
1996 - 1999 Adviser of the Foundation for Quality in Health Care (HKZ)
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