Full Name
Dr. Pieter NEELS
Hospital/Organisation/Company
IABS
Speaker Bio
Dr Pieter Neels is a native of Belgium where he trained as an MD (University of Antwerp, 1985) and was boarded as a general practitioner. In 1994, his interest for medical research led him to work for a pharmaceutical company. In 1997, he joined the Belgian Ministry of Public Health as a senior evaluator of the clinical part of registration files in the field of cardiology, nephrology,
endocrinology (diabetes), ...

In 2001 he was appointed CPMP member. In 2002 he was asked to take over all Belgian central vaccine rapporteurships. During this year he became infected by the world of vaccines and until June 2013 he was the rapporteur of more than 15 vaccines.

After being an observer for more than 5 years at the Vaccine Working Party, he was elected vice-chair of this CHMP Working Party for discussion on development and evaluation of registration files for vaccines until June 2013.

The Belgian agency started a spearhead policy in 2007 and Dr Neels was appointed co-ordinator for the spearhead domain vaccines.

EMA/CHMP has asked Dr Neels has be an observer at the SAGE/WHO meetings and to attend several scientific meetings on vaccines until June 2013. WHO has asked Dr Neels to attend many meetings on vaccine development all over the world in order to share the EU regulatory requirements/competence in
vaccinology.

Dr. Neels is also a member of the worldwide network on vaccine promotion ashe is asked to attend the ADVAC course (Foundation Mérieux) and the IABS conferences.
Pieter NEELS