HC Deb 06 March 2000 vol 345 cc534-9W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the members of SEAC, indicating which(a) are and (b) have been involved in the production of vaccines, and listing their declared commercial interests. [111899]

SEAC member Name of organisation Nature of interests
Commercial interests
Professor A. Aguzzi Boehringer Ingelheim Occasional consultancy
Abbott Laboratories (Chicago) Support of some laboratory costs e.g. care of mice, instrumentation
Immune AG (Vienna) Support of some laboratory costs e.g. care of mice, instrumentation
Professor R. Anderson Decode Scientific Advisory Board
SKB Scientific consultancy
Abbott Pharmaceuticals Scientific consultancy
IBHSC Ltd. Director
M. R. Bradley European Natural Sausage Casings Association Adviser
Meat and Livestock Commission Adviser
Professor C. Bostock Safeway Share holding
Professor J. Collinge None None
Dr. J. Ironside
Professor H. Kimbell Bass Plc. Small share holding
Tesco's Plc. Small share holding
Professor C. Masters Merck Consultant
PRANA Biotechnology Plc. Director
Professor I. McConnell Marks and Spencer Veterinary consultant on occasional basis
Dr. M. Painter None None
Dr. D. B. Pepper The Veterinary Defence Society Ltd. Director and Claims consultant
Pfizer Animal Health (Pfizer Ltd.) Adviser
Intervet International BV (Netherlands) Adviser
Intervet UK Ltd. Adviser
Dr. J. Safar Dr. Safar has no commercial interests but according to the intellectual property policies of the University of California (UC) is entitled to a portion of income when UC licences to a commercial entity any patents on which he is named as an inventor
Professor P. Smith (Acting Chairman) None None
Dr. D. B. Pepper The Veterinary Defence Society Ltd. Director and Claims consultant
Pfizer Animal Health (Pfizer Ltd.) Adviser
Intervet International BV (Netherlands) Adviser
Intervet UK Ltd. Adviser
Dr. J. Safar
Professor P. Smith (Acting Chairman) None None
Non-commercial interests
Professor A. Aguzzi Swiss National Foundation No: 31–36059.92 3100–040827.94 Principal investigator
Cancer league of the Kanton Zurich Principal investigator
European Union No. BMHI-CT93-1142 Co-investigator
National Institute of Health Co-investigator
Swiss National Research Program NFP38 and NFP38+ Principle investigator
Professor. R. Anderson The Wellcome Trust Governor
Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) Trustee
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Court of Governors
Hamburg Institute of Tropical Medicine Scientific Advisory Board
Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge Scientific Advisory Board
Maxwell Institute, Edinburgh Scientific Advisory Board
Mr. R. Bradley MAFF Adviser
Veterinary Laboratories Agency Adviser
World Health Organisation Adviser
Office International des Epizooties Adviser
European Commission Adviser
National Governments and individuals; especially in Africa, Europe and Americas Adviser

Ms Quin

[holding answer 1 March 2000]: In accordance with the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee's code of practice, members are asked to declare any commercial and non-commercial interests. The table lists the members of SEAC and their currently declared interests. This information is also published in the Committee's Annual Report.

SEAC member Name of organization Nature of interests
International Natural Sausage Casings Adviser
Association (INSCA)
North American Natural Casing Association (NANCA)
Natural Sausage Casings Association (NSCA)
Hard Brothers Ltd. Adviser
Animal Proteins Corporation (APC) Europe SA Adviser
Crackwillow Ltd. Adviser
Professor C. Bostock The UK and some overseas Governments Research contracts with IAH
Non-governmental organisations and companies, spanning a wide range of interests including food, agriculture, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Research contracts with IAH
Further details of customers of IAH can be found on the Institute's website (www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk)
Professor J. Collinge Wellcome Trust Research grant holder
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Research grant holder
Department of Health Research grant holder
European Commission BIOMED programme Research grant holder
Medical Research Council Research grant holder
Motor Neurone Disease Association Chairman, Research Advisory Panel
World Health Organisation Adviser
Dr. J. Ironside Baxter Healthcare USA Research investigator on a Baxter funded project on the transmission of CJD (principal investigator Dr. Paul Brown USA)
Department of Health Research grant holder:
Surveillance of CJD (neuropathology)
DoH 1216469—National retrospective review of CJD and respective disorders
DoH 1216982—Immunocytochemical testing for disease-associated prion protein in lymphoid tissues
Adviser: Decontamination of surgical instruments
Assessment of risk of exposure to vCJD: infectivity in blood and blood products
Medical Research Council Grant holder:
G9708080—Edinburgh HIV brain and tissue resource
G9627376—Phenotypic variation in CJD, a clinical pathological and molecular study
BBSRC Grant holder:
15/BS204814—Neuronal pathology in CJD: an immunocytochemical study with quantitive and microscopic analysis
201/BS410537—The relationship between neuron damage and clinical disease: relating murine and ovine scrapie to BSE and CJD Adviser: BSEP
European Union Grant holder:
EC BI04–98–6046—Diagnosis of TSE using PrPsc/PrPc
EC CT98-6015—European centralised facility for human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion disease)
EC PL97-6003—Transgenic mice expressing human prion protein. Use for characterisation of human encephalopathies and sensitivity for detection of infectivity
EU CT98-6048—Quantitative analysis of MR scans in CJD (QAMRIC)
Adviser
Committee on safety of medicines Adviser
World Health Organisation Adviser
UK Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Body Adviser
Professor H. Kimbell
Professor C. Masters National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Several research grants Principle and Associate investigator
World Health Organisation Occasional consultancies on CJD
Australian Government Occasional consultancy on CJD and Director of the National CJD Registry
Professor I. McConnell Wellcome Trust Fellowship holder
Research grant holder
Panel member for Veterinary Interest Group
BBSRC Research grant holder
Dr. M. Painter None None
Dr. D. B. Pepper None None
SEAC member Name of organization Nature of interests
Dr. J. Safar National Institute of Health, Grant # AGO-10770 Co-investigator
World Health Organisation Adviser
Swiss National Research Programme Adviser
Medical Research Council Adviser
Non-governmental organisations and companies Research contracts with UCSF
Professor P. Smith (Acting Chairman) Department of Health Grant holder
Dr. D. B. Pepper None None
Dr. J. Safar
Professor P. Smith (Acting Chairman) Department of Health Grant holder