Experts for the statistics fields in the commissions  

established by the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)   

(status: January 2017)

The following commissions are active at the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM):

• approval commission pursuant to section 25 sub-section 6 of the German Drug Law (AMG) for human medicines except for special therapies (Commission A, Zulassungskommission nach § 25 Abs. 6 für den humanmedizinischen Bereich mit Ausnahme der besonderen Therapierichtungen),
• commission pursuant to section 25 sub-sections 6 and 7 AMG for human medicines, anthroposophic therapies and substance group (Commission C, Kommission nach § 25 Abs. 6 und 7 AMG für den humanmedizinischen Bereich, antroposophische Therapierichtung und Stoffgruppe),
• commission pursuant to section 25 sub-sections 6 and 7 AMG for human medicines, homeopathic therapies and substance group (Commission D, Kommission nach § 25 Abs. 6 und 7 AMG für den humanmedizinischen Bereich, homöopathische Therapierichtung und Stoffgruppe),
• commission pursuant to section 25 sub-sections 6 and 7 AMG for human medicines, phytotherapeutic therapies and substance group (Commission E, Kommission nach § 25 Abs. 6 und 7 AMG für den humanmedizinischen Bereich, phytotherapeutische Therapierichtung und Stoffgruppe).

 
The following commission is active at the German Federal Institute for Health Consumer Protection and Veterinary Medicine (BgVV):

• Commission pursuant to section 25 sub-sections 6 and 7 AMG for veterinary medicines (Commission F, Kommission nach § 25 Abs. 6 und 7 AMG für den veterinärmedizinischen Bereich).

The individual societies (German Region of the International Biometric Society, German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology) nominate experts to participate in the above mentioned commissions. The BMG then appoints them for a period of three years, with a second appointment being possible subsequently. Following this period, the individual societies are requested to nominate new experts.

The following experts are currently nominated for the statistics fields within the respective commission:

German Research Foundation (DFG)

Review board „Medicine“ 2016-2019

Field „Epidemiology, Medical Biometry, Medical Informatics“ 

IBS-DR members 

Ulrich Mansmann, München
 
Karen Steindorf, Heidelberg

Review Board „Agrarian and Forestry Science and Veterinary Medicine“ 2016-2019

Field „Plant Production and Agrarian Technology“ 

IBS-DR member

Hans-Peter Piepho, Hohenheim