15.01.2020
To the attention of interested persons
Minister of Health Dr. Victor Costache, has appointed Ms. Roxana Stroe, MD, as President of the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Romania (NAMMDR) as of January 14, 2020.
Ms. Roxana Stroe, MD, is a Senior Physician in Clinical Pharmacology She has been working in the Agency since the end of 2010 and has been Coordinator of the Agency’s Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management Directorate. Since 2014, she has been a member of the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee, and an alternate member of the EMA’s Management Board since March 2019.
According to the appointing Minister of Health Order, Dr. Roxana Stroe’s position as President is temporary, pending the contest for the President position or revocation, according to legislation in force.
The duties of the newly appointed President are both achievement of objectives within the NAMMDD scope and development of the strategy for transparent and fair conduct of competitions for filling the Agency’s President and Vice President positions, in line with a competition methodology validated by reputable specialists in the field.