International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Pharmaceutical MedicineIFAPP is a member of CIOMS and is represented by a Delegate in the Working Group on the Principles of Good Governance for Research Institutions (PGGRI).
CIOMS, the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization established jointly by WHO and UNESCO in 1949. CIOMS represents a substantial proportion of the biomedical scientific community through its member organizations, which include many of the biomedical disciplines, national academies of sciences and medical research councils. CIOMS mission is to advance public health through guidance on health research and policy including ethics, medical product development and safety. CIOMS is in official relations with WHO and is an associate partner of UNESCO (https://cioms.ch).
On 1st June 2022 IFAPP’s Chair of External Affairs and Board Member, Cordula Landgraf, PharmD, was elected at the CIOMS General Assemb to the CIOMS Executive Committee representing IFAPP. The Committee will continue to be chaired by Professor Hervé Le Louet; vice-chair is Professor Samia Hurst. The membership runs from 2022 to 2025 (three years).
