About - EMVO

Who we are

EMVO

We care about patient safety

Our mission

The infiltration of falsified medicines in the European supply chain is a major and continuous threat for the patient health and security. Because patient health and safety are of the utmost importance to the pharmaceutical industry, a comprehensive strategy at European Level is required. Therefore, the European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) was created as a joint initiative of EU stakeholders, representing manufacturers (Medicines for Europe, EFPIA, Affordable Medicines Europe), wholesalers (GIRP) and community pharmacists (PGEU).

Established in 2015, EMVO was mandated by our stakeholders with setting up and running the European Hub. The main purpose of the European Hub is to store master data and act as a gateway for the transmission of manufacturer data to the national systems.

The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and the Delegated Regulation (DR) are available in our knowledge database

EMVS

European Medicines Verification System

Introduction to the European Medicines Verification System (EMVS) 

The European Parliament and Council introduced Directive 2011/62/EU to combat the infiltration of falsified medicines into the legal supply chain. This directive mandates the implementation of the European Medicines Verification System (EMVS) to ensure medication authenticity. Manufacturers are required to upload unique identifiers via the European Hub for verification in National Medicines Verification Systems. Technical and quality standards, including system interoperability and data access, have been established by stakeholders.

The EMVS guarantees medicines authenticity by an end-to-end verification.

System users

EMVO Board

Ilaria Passarani

President

PGEU

Adrian van den Hoven

Vice-President

MEDICINES FOR EUROPE

Bernd Grabner

Treasurer

GIRP

Nathalie Moll

EFPIA

Margriet Keijzer

affordable medicines europe

Our Team

Management

Kai Mjaanes

General Manager

Sónia Queirós

Chief Operating Officer

Christelle Maréchal

Legal Counsel

Stephan Theunissen

Chief Quality Officer

Jannik Jäger

Chief Financial Officer

Karol Wosinski

Chief Information Officer

Marisa Jimenez Sanchez

Chief Executive HRA

Margarita Kabakchieva

Head of Business & Partner Engagement

HR & Administration

Marisa Jimenez Sanchez

Chief Executive HRA

Alexandra Chansay-Wilmotte

HRA Management Assistant

Finance & Accounting

Jannik Jäger

Chief Financial Officer

Hamadou Abdoulahi

Accounting & Finance Associate

Business & Partner Engagement

Margarita Kabakchieva

Head of Business & Partner Engagement

Jessica Clifford

Business & Partner Coordinator

Quality Assurance

Stephan Theunissen

Chief Quality Officer & Head of Change Management & CCB Secretary

Alessandro Silveri

Quality Assurance Manager

Thomas Vander Auwera

Quality Assurance Expert

Maroua Foudia

Junior Quality Assurance Coordinator

IT Department

Karol Wosinski

Chief Information Officer

Gilbert Prayag

IT Enterprise Architect

Malgorzata Wirecka

IT Governance and Project Manager

Athanasios Kantarelis

Product Owner EU Hub

Floyd Cutinha

Product Owner EMVO Gateway

Lionel Mawissa

Junior Business Analyst

Alice Borghi

Digital Solution Manager

Tracy Slosse

Digital Solution Lead

Lorenzo Mari

IT Lead

Matisse Jubb

Support & Product Owner Alert Management System & EMVO Gateway

Sabra Kapalanga

Support & Product Owner OBP Portal & SSO

Damilare Hassan

Support & CRM

Gabrielle Cruz

Support

Daryl Lawless

Junior IT Enterprise Architect

Job vacancies

EMVO offer positions within a dynamic working environment, operating with innovative systems, and a career in a secure and stable environment in an industry that is vital for today’s evolving society.