E-DRUG: Nominations for Global Drug Facility (GDF) Business Advisory Committee
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Note: All nominations should be sent via email to:
karahasanovice@who.int before August 15, 2006
Since 2001, the Global Drug Facility (GDF) has been successfully
delivering services for countries in need of 1st line anti-TB drugs.
Recently, the GDF has taken on new challenges, such as the supply of
diagnostic kits, paediatric formulations, and second line anti-TB drugs
for treatment of multi-drug resistant TB.
To ensure that the GDF continues to operate effectively as it takes on
such new challenges, the Coordinating Board of the Stop TB Partnership
agreed to establish a GDF Business Advisory Committee (the BAC). The
Committee's role is to consider the complex set of business issues
specifically relevant to GDF procurement operations and strategy
implementation and make recommendations to GDF and the Coordinating
Board.
If you or someone you know would be a suitable candidate for the BAC,
please submit your nomination to the GDF. Candidates for the BAC should
have significant expertise and relationships in one or more of the
following fields: raw material manufacturing, pharmacy, product
formulation for drugs and diagnostics, quality assurance, regulatory
law, contract law, business development, competitive procurement
processes, pricing and distribution.
All nominations and materials must be sent by email to the GDF by 15
August 2006. Emails should be directed to karahasanovice@who.int with
the subject heading: NOMINATION FOR GDF BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. For
more information, read the attached document or visit www.stoptb.org/gdf
<outbind://105/www.stoptb.org/gdf>
- Areas of expertise sought:
* Product formulation and manufacturing, quality assurance, regulatory
expertise.
* Raw material (API) manufacturing, quality assurance, regulatory
expertise.
* Diagnostics manufacturing, quality assurance, regulatory expertise.
* Procurement, supply chain management and distribution expertise in
relevant countries.
* Legal and international trade and contract expertise.
* Business development expertise.
- Length of Term
* Committee members will serve a 2 year term.
* Renomination of committee members will be possible for one further 2
year term.
- Selection procedure
1. Nominations reviewed by GDF secretariat and Private Sector Delegation
to the CB for relevant expertise and experience.
1A. All committee nominees and members should have joined the Stop TB
Partnership and signed onto the declaration of support and declare all
relevant interests.
2. Short list provided to selection committee for vote.
2A. Selection committee: Chair of Stop TB Partnership CB; Chair of GDF
TRC; 3 CB members (Chair or alternate Board member of the Private Sector
Delegation; the WHO Board member; and another nominated by the CB
Chair); GDF Manager; and Executive Secretary of Stop TB Partnership.
- Apply for membership in the BAC:
Individuals may nominate themselves or others to serve on the GDF
Business Advisory Committee. Nominations should be accompanied by a CV
and a cover letter explaining the candidate's interest in and
suitability for membership on the BAC. In the case where an institution
is nominating a candidate, the nomination should be accompanied by a
letter of institutional support for the individual. All nominations and
materials must be sent to the GDF by 15 August 2006.
All nominations should be sent via email to: karahasanovice@who.int with
the following subject heading:
NOMINATION FOR GDF BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITEE
Queries can be addressed to the same email or by telephone to Robert
Matiru, GDF Manager, at: +41-22-791-3971.
matirur@who.int