CHMP Welcomes New Member from Greece
Dimitrios Kouvelas, PhD, has replaced Aikaterini Moraiti, PhD
Dimitrios Kouvelas, PhD, has replaced Aikaterini Moraiti, PhD, as Greece’s new member of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency.
Kouvelas is a professor of pharmacology and clinical pharmacology at the Aristotle School of Medicine, University of Thessaloniki, and a visiting professor of pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, University Svetozar Markovic Medical Faculty, Kraguijevac, Serbia. His research fields include neuro/psychopharmacology, neuro-transmission, clinical pharmacology and rational prescribing.
Moraiti has been a member of the CHMP since 2012, and is a scientific expert for Greece’s National Organization of Medicines and a member of the Greek Committee for Orphan Medicines.
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