Madrid, September 5th 2016– The Board of SEVeM, the Spanish Medicines Verification System’s management society, was today established during a meeting held in Madrid. The Director General of the National Trade Association of the Spanish based pharmaceutical industry (Farmaindustria), Humberto Arnés, was nominated President of the organization which will watch over the correct implementation of this system. Serving as Three vice chairmen are, Ángel Luis Rodríguez de la Cuerda; General Director of the Spanish Generic Medicines Association (AESEG), Jesús Aguilar; President of the Spanish Council of Pharmacists (CGCOF) and Eladio González Miñor; President of the Spanish Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (FEDIAR).

Alongside them, seven board members were nominated: Javier Urzay; Farmaindustria’s Deputy Director, Lourdes Fraguas; Farmaindustria’s Secretary-General and Director of Legal Affairs, Icíar Sanz de Madrid; Farmaindustria’s International Affairs Director, Emili Esteve; Farmaindustria’s Technical Affairs Director, Raul Díaz-Varela; AESEG’s President, Luis Amaro; CGCOF’s Secretary-General and Rosa-López Torres; CGCOF’s Treasurer.

The Board of the Spanish Medicines Verification System relies on the support of a Secretary and a Vice-Secretary: Victor Horcajuelo, Senior Associate at Deloitte Law Firm and Miguel Valdés, FEDIFAR’s Director General, respectively.

The Director General of SEVeM herself, María Ángeles Figuerola, will also participate in regular meetings with the Board and, with the aim of guaranteeing the development and operations of the national repository in line with the European legislation, a representative from the Spanish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AEMPS) will also attend on a regular basis. This time round, AEMPS was represented by Belén Escribano, Chief of the Agency’s Inspection and Control Department, on behalf of the Agency’s Director, Belén Crespo.

For more information:

Farmaindustria

Email: cfernandez@farmaindustria.es

Telephone: 0034+ 915159350

AESEG

Email: matencio@aeseg.es

Telephone: 0034+915721262

CGCOF

Email: comunicacion@redfarma.org

Telephone: 0034+914312560

Fedifar

Email: jnieto@fedifar.net

Telephone: 0034+915624025

SEVeM Board. 1st meeting