The Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) is looking to appoint four new members, including a new chair.
The VPC advises the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on veterinary medicinal products and animal feed additives.
The committee is looking for a new chair as well as a parasitologist for food animal species, a toxicologist and a physician/clinical microbiologist.
Those interested in any of the available positions are urged to apply before the application closing date of 12:00p.m on Monday, June 5.
Members receive £148 for each meeting they attend, and an additional £76 for preparation time.
Committee meetings are either held at the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) offices in Surrey or online.
The VPC schedules three regular meetings a year, in February, May or June and October, and occasional ad hoc meetings.
Further information on the VPC and the positions is available via its website.
Veterinary Products Committee
The VMD is also actively seeking to recruit pharmaceutical assessor for its quality team, one of three specialist teams within the pharmaceuticals section, part of the Authorisations Division.
The closing date for applications for this position is May 22. The salary stands at £33,827-36,606 per annum with Pension Scheme.
The main role of the quality team is to assess quality data submitted by companies in support of their applications for marketing authorisations for veterinary medicines, and applications to vary or renew these authorisations.
The team also plays a role in the delivery of the VMD’s regulatory science strategy, development of regulatory and scientific guidelines aimed at the pharmaceutical industry and supporting the delivery of VMD`s international activities, which includes training other veterinary medicine regulators.
Experience of pharmaceutical practice within the human or veterinary pharmaceutical (or closely related) industry and/or of authorisation processes for medicinal products is required for the role.
