The Expert Review Panel is a group of independent experts who review the potential risks and benefits associated with the use of finished pharmaceutical or diagnostic products and make recommendations to the Global Fund on their use. The Quality and Safety of Medicines department of the World Health Organization hosts the panel.
Two panels compose the Expert Review Panel:
Manufacturers are invited to submit their products for Expert Review Panel evaluation. Invitations are published as either semesterly Round calls with a submission deadline or Ad-Hoc with no specified deadline. We regularly publish all invitations on our Updates page. The continued Ad-Hoc invitations are also found in the drop down lists below:
Each individual invitation details the specific documents to include in a submission. This list of documents includes, but is not limited to:
For Evaluation of Medicines:
For Evaluation of Diagnostic Products: