Jan Petracek MD, MSc, DIC

Dr. Jan Petracek is a partner and CEO at PharmInvent, a contract safety and regulatory science company.Until August 2010, he was a Head of Risk Management Section of European Medicines Agency responsible for all operations of the Agency in relation to risk management of medicinal products.

Dr. Petracek qualified as a physician from Charles University in Prague and holds a Master of Science with Distinction in Quality and Safety in Healthcare from Imperial College London. He has over 12 years of experience in all areas of pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs, being former Head of Pharmacovigilance in the Czech Republic, Head of Strategy and Development of the Czech National Authority, member of CHMP Pharmacovigilance Working Party, and participating in development of several national, European, ICH and CIOMS guidelines.