§ Mr. BakerTo 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]
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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. 537W
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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