There will be a family doctor in the Technical-Scientific Commission of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa). It is to announce it Giacomo Milillo, secretary of the Federation of general practitioners (Fimmg), on the sidelines of the extraordinary congress of the Federation, which kicked off yesterday in Rome. “The appointment of is practically certain Walter Marrocco, responsible for Fimmg's scientific activities”, explained Milillo who will give the news to the assembly of delegates yesterday morning. For some time, Milillo told Adnkronos salute, “we have been asking for the presence of a family doctor in the Agency. There have been other family doctors in the past, but they were external consultants, without the right to vote. Now the family doctors will be present in all respects”. The Cts is an AIFA technical body which, among other things, deals with the cost-effectiveness assessment in the case of the introduction of new drugs and with the revision of the therapeutic formulary. It also has advisory functions for the General Management and the Board of Directors. From Doctornews 01-26-07
