Peter Arlett European Medicines Agency
Dr Peter Arlett MD, FRCP, FFPM
Head of the Data Analytics and Methods Taskforce, European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Peter Arlett is Head of the Data Analytics and Methods Taskforce at the European Medicines Agency. In this role he leads on operations and transformation on clinical evidence at the EMA including clinical trials, real world evidence, safety reporting and data science including AI. He is Chair of the EMA Data Board, Co-Chair of the HMA-EMA Network Data Steering Group, Co-chair of the EMA AI Coordination Group, Co-chair of the Vaccine Monitoring Platform Steering Group, and Member of the ACT EU Steering Group. Prior to taking up this role in 2020, he held leadership roles within the EMA in the areas of pharmacovigilance, epidemiology, and risk management.
Prior to starting at EMA in 2008, Peter worked on new legislation and international collaboration for the European Commission, was the UK delegate to the European Committee for Human Medicinal Products, and was an assessor and manager at the UK’s MHRA. He has a medical degree from University College London, and began his career as a hospital physician in Oxford and London.
In addition to his role at EMA, Peter is Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicines of London.