Working Party and Chairs | TOPRA Annual Symposium 2025

The working parties for our Symposium streams are responsible for developing their respective programmes, selecting topics and speakers, and ensuring that the content is relevant, exciting and informative. Their members are made up of industry experts who are committed to knowledge-sharing and professional development.

Our 3 streams are chaired by the following experts:

Human Medicines Chair	Veterinary Medicines Chair	Medical Devices and IVDs Chair

Carlos Langezaal Senior Director Regulatory Affairs I & I Nurix Therapeutics United States	Rick Clayton Technical Director HealthforAnimals and AnimalhealthEurope Belgium	Ashleigh Batchen Regulatory Strategy Principal TÜV SÜD United Kingdom

Human Medicines Working Party

Michelle Blake Senior Regulatory Consultant and Team Leader, DLRC Ltd United Kingdom	Francesca Buttigieg Experienced Regulatory Affairs Professional Switzerland	Cristina Dragan Associate Director Regulatory Policy and Intelligence, Novartis United Kingdom	Maren von Fritschen Regulatory Policy, University of Applied Sciences the Netherlands
Sabine Haubenreisser Principal Scientific Administrator EMA the Netherlands	Dr. Martin Huber Acting Head of Division Pharmacovigilance Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Germany	Maren Koban Director, Global Regulatory and Scientific Policy, Merck Group Germany	Carlos Langezaal Senior Director Regulatory Affairs I & I Nurix Therapeutics United States
Andrea Laslop Experienced Regulatory Affairs Professional Austria	Sandra Lourenço Director of Regulatory Affairs Arriello Ireland	Daniel Nowak Head of Haematology, Cell and Gene Therapy Division, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany	Marie Uguen Chief Regulatory & Quality Officer SparingVision France
Ger van Zandbergen Head of Immunology Division and acting Head of Infectology Division, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany

Veterinary Medicines Working Party

Raffaele Bruno Associate Director Regulatory Affairs & Team Lead EU Pharmaceuticals RA, Zoetis Belgium	Rick Clayton Technical Director HealthforAnimals and AnimalhealthEurope Belgium	Emily Drury Head of Veterinary Regulatory Affairs and Referrals EMA The Netherlands
Beate Gasser CMDv Vice-Chair AGES Austria	Thomas Heberer Head of Department 'Veterinary Drugs', BVL/HMA, Germany	Anne Nallen Head of Global Regulatory Affairs CMC, Ceva Biotechnology Campus Ireland
Jana Schalansky Head of Veterinary Strategic Support office EMA The Netherlands	James Mount Pharmacovigilance Assessor and Chair of CVMP Pharmacovigilance Working Party - Veterinary (PhVWP-V) Swedish Medical Products Agency Sweden	Esther Werner Head of Veterinary Medicines Division, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Germany

Medical Devices and IVDs Working Party

Natasha Bankowksi Principal Consultant Medical Technology, DLRC Ireland	Ashleigh Batchen Regulatory Strategy Principal TÜV SÜD United Kingdom	Alwin van den Broek Director Clinical Operations & Data Protection Officer, BeVinced the Netherlands
Celia Cruz Managing Partner & Chief Regulatory Affairs Officer Complear Health Portugal	Margareth Jorvid CEO, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance Methra Uppsala AB Sweden	Maaike Labots Manager Medical Writing Avania The Netherlands
Wolfgang Lauer Head of the Medical Devices Division Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Germany

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