British Pharmacopoeia Commission appoints five new members
They will take the role for a four-year period
They include: Andrew Coulson, who has been a member of The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons since 1976. He is a trustee, director and company secretary to the Ripon Council for Voluntary Services, responsible for the financial conduct of a £1m organisation and completion of legal responsibilities as a registered charity and as a limited company.
Gerard Lee was employed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) between 1999 and December 2011, most recently as group manager of the British Pharmacopoeia and Laboratory Services section (since 2004) and as secretary and scientific director of the BP Commission (since 2002).
Ronald Torano has worked in various capacities at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) since 1989, culminating in his current post of pharmacopoeial intelligence and advisory specialist.
Paul Varley has been at Medimmune since 1998 and is now vice president of biopharmaceutical development.
Professor John Miller has been visiting professor to the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde since 2003. Between 1983 and his retirement in 2009 he was employed by the Council of Europe, culminating in the role of head of the laboratory department at the EDQM.
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