Lorraine Nolan, an experienced drug regulator, has been elected chair of the management board of the European Medicines Agency for the coming three years, succeeding Christa Wirthumer-Hoche. Dr Nolan is chief executive of the Irish Health Products Regulatory Authority and has been a member of the EMA board since early 2016. She joined the Irish regulator in 2001.
Dr Nolan is a chemist by training and completed a PhD in drug development at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.
The EMA announced the appointment on 17 March 2022.
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