Jan is currently managing the Information for Public Health Group in the Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines Division at MHRA. The group has responsibility for amongst other things the agency policy lead on Medicines Advertising and Labelling, Patient Information and packaging matters. 

Jan is a pharmacist by profession and has worked at the MHRA for a number of years. Previously she was employed in Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Specials Manufacturing.

Beryl has a background in biochemistry and has worked in various areas in Government and previously in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently Beryl is Advertising Standards Unit Manager within the Access and Information for Medicines and Standards (AIMS) Group at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency with responsibility for the regulation of medicines advertising.

Dr Julia Coombes completed her BSc in Physiology and PhD at the University of Edinburgh. Following this, she took up two post-doctoral research positions at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) and St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. She joined the MHRA (MCA at the time) in July 1995 as a scientific assessor with the Product Information Quality Unit. She now manages the Product Information Quality Unit with a team of eleven assessors. The Unit assesses labels and leaflet provided with licensed medicines, Type 1B safety variations and handles complaints and enquiries from healthcare professionals, patients and the pharmaceutical industry.

Dr Rafe Suvarna worked initially as a clinician and was a medical officer in the RAF from 1989 to 1996, specialising in Aviation Medicine and General Practice.  After leaving the RAF, Rafe worked in the pharmaceutical industry for three years before moving to the then MCA in January 2000 and is currently alternate UK member of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC).

Heather is the Director of the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA). Heather chairs the Code of Practice Panel, which considers complaints submitted under the Code in the first instance, and is responsible for the overall running of the organisation. Heather also works with IFPMA and EFPIA in relation to their codes of practice.

Heather has a degree in pharmacology and joined the ABPI in 1984. Heather has been working full time on the Code of Practice since 1989 and has been Director of the Authority since 1997.

Jan is currently managing the Information for Public Health Group in the Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines Division at MHRA. The group has responsibility for amongst other things the agency policy lead on Medicines Advertising and Labelling, Patient Information and packaging matters. 

Jan is a pharmacist by profession and has worked at the MHRA for a number of years. Previously she was employed in Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Specials Manufacturing.

Beryl has a background in biochemistry and has worked in various areas in Government and previously in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently Beryl is Advertising Standards Unit Manager within the Access and Information for Medicines and Standards (AIMS) Group at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency with responsibility for the regulation of medicines advertising.

Dr Julia Coombes completed her BSc in Physiology and PhD at the University of Edinburgh. Following this, she took up two post-doctoral research positions at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) and St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. She joined the MHRA (MCA at the time) in July 1995 as a scientific assessor with the Product Information Quality Unit. She now manages the Product Information Quality Unit with a team of eleven assessors. The Unit assesses labels and leaflet provided with licensed medicines, Type 1B safety variations and handles complaints and enquiries from healthcare professionals, patients and the pharmaceutical industry.

Dr Rafe Suvarna worked initially as a clinician and was a medical officer in the RAF from 1989 to 1996, specialising in Aviation Medicine and General Practice.  After leaving the RAF, Rafe worked in the pharmaceutical industry for three years before moving to the then MCA in January 2000 and is currently alternate UK member of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC).

Heather is the Director of the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA). Heather chairs the Code of Practice Panel, which considers complaints submitted under the Code in the first instance, and is responsible for the overall running of the organisation. Heather also works with IFPMA and EFPIA in relation to their codes of practice.

Heather has a degree in pharmacology and joined the ABPI in 1984. Heather has been working full time on the Code of Practice since 1989 and has been Director of the Authority since 1997.