Jan Petracek

Biography

Dr Jan Petracek is an internationally recognised entrepreneur and expert in pharmacovigilance, leading critical developments in the field and implementing the latest technology and science. He has proven his entrepreneurship skills by establishing multiple successful organisations in non-profit (medical student union – TRIMED), government (new pharmacovigilance and risk management departments of national (SUKL) and European (EMA) regulators), as well as private profitable businesses (PharmInvent). Jan is a medical doctor (Charles University in Prague) and holds an MSc with distinction (Imperial College London) in Quality and Safety in Healthcare. He is on the Board of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance, leading development of the Global Standard for Career Framework in Pharmacovigilance. He is a popular international speaker at pharmacovigilance conferences and training seminars. While being the Head of Risk Management at the European Medicines Agency (until 2010), Jan was leading development of the guidelines for risk management of Advanced Therapies, ICH guidelines, and contributed to the foundation of EU Good Pharmacovigilance Practice. In his consulting career (since 2010), he has worked as an EU QPPV, auditor, system architect, and strategic advisor for global, mostly US based companies. Jan joined Ergomed in November 2016 and serves as CEO of PrimeVigilance and PharmInvent. In December 2017 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Ergomed Plc.

Research Interest

Pharma