Peter Jones made Honorary Member of NOAH

Peter Jones has been made an Honorary Member of NOAH, in recognition of his contribution to NOAH and to the animal health industry. He is the former executive director of international animal health federation IFAH, former head of the veterinary unit of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Veterinary Medicines (EMEA) and was a much appreciated contributor to NOAH’s work when he was based in the UK.

The award was made at the association’s Annual Dinner in London on 23rd April.

He said: "I feel very privileged to be given this honour which I know is only accorded to very few colleagues by NOAH, and I am really very proud to think that what little I have done as a contribution to the animal health sector, both whilst working in industry and as a regulator has been recognised in this way”.

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23 April 2008

Notes for Editors

1. For further information contact Phil Sketchley or Alison Glennon at NOAH, tel. +44 (0)20 8367 3131, or visit the NOAH website.

2. The National Office of Animal Health was formed on 1 January 1986 to represent UK companies which research, develop, manufacture and market licensed animal health products. The association has 28 corporate members and 8 associate members. In 2006 the NOAH sales survey showed a total market of £373.2m, around 90% of the total UK market.

3. Peter Jones graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Liverpool University in July 1971. After several years in general veterinary practice in the United Kingdom and Canada he joined the pharmaceutical industry in the animal health sector. He has held a number of appointments in research and regulatory affairs in multinational companies and has served as chairman of the UK Association of Veterinarians in Industry. He has published reports of his work on antimicrobials and anthelmintics in veterinary medicine and on aspects of registration of veterinary medicinal products. He joined the European Agency for the Evaluation of Veterinary Medicines (EMEA) in the year of its creation in June 1995, and was appointed Head of the Veterinary Unit taking the lead role in establishing the unit responsible for the authorisation of veterinary medicines. In October 2005 he was appointed Executive Director of IFAH, the International Federation for Animal Health, based in Brussels, and retired in 2007.