The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) has announced a new Director, following the announcement of the forthcoming retirement of current Director, Dr Stephen Inglis, who has led the institute for the past 14 years.
Dr Christian Schneider is currently Head of the medical division of the Danish Health and Medicines Authority and will begin working at NIBSC in January 2016.
Dr Schneider qualified in medicine and previously worked at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology and the Paul Ehrlich Institute in Germany. He has a strong scientific background with an extensive publication record and a wealth of experience with a broad range of biological products.
Schneider is a former Chair of the Committee for Advanced Therapies and continues to chair the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) Working Party on Similar Biological Medicinal Products at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as well as being a former CHMP member.