Kellye Eversole and Keith Matthews will facilitate enhanced regulatory approaches that will enable increased innovation and commercialisation
World BioProtection Forum has appointed two leading bio protection regulatory experts, who were involved in developing the US regulatory system and have unrivalled expertise and experience in guiding the sensible development of new guidelines.
Kellye Eversole, President of Eversole Associates and Executive Director of the International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research, is a pioneer in agricultural genomics, biotechnology, and the development of pre-competitive, public-private agricultural research.
Keith Matthews, Of Counsel at Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, has practised environmental law focusing on the regulation of chemicals and genetically engineered organisms for over 20 years.
The experts join the existing team of Advisors to help the WBF achieve its goal of encouraging collaborations between all stakeholders throughout the bio protection industry to facilitate enhanced regulatory approaches that will enable increased innovation and commercialisation.
Matthews said, “I agree that the time is ripe for reform of the regulatory systems applicable to bio protection products in the UK and the EU and I am delighted to play a part in helping to guide those changes and bringing them to fruition.”
Eversole said, “If we bring experience and expertise from across the world, from all parts of the bio protection industry, we can take a holistic approach to develop a better system for the EU that enables the registration of new products in a reasonable timeframe and an efficient manner.”
