Manal Younus

Head of Iraqi Pharmacovigilance Centre at Iraqi Ministry of Health

Manal holds a PhD and master’s degree in Clinical Pharmacy. She laid the establishment and the expansion of the Iraqi pharmacovigilance system. On the national level, she represents Iraq in the WHO International Drug Monitoring Program, currently a member in many committees including; Biologicals and Biosimilars registration, Iraqi Clinical Pharmacy Advisory Board, Pharmaceutical Ethical Promotion, the Central Committee for Containing Antimicrobial Resistance and many others. On the international level, she is an ISoP Advisory Board member and represent ISoP  in CIOMS WG XI to develop a guideline on “patient participation in the development and safe use of medicines. ISOP Middle East chapter scientific committee member, ISoP Pharmacovigilance Professional Qualification Framework SIG member and a member of DSRU MEP International Working Group on Signal Detection and Management in Pharmacovigilance. She had authored more than 20 articles in different drug safety related subjects.