Vladimír Pucovský works at the European Medicines Agency. The focus of his activities are pre-authorisation procedures such as CVMP Scientific Advice (he serves as a secretary of the veterinary Scientific Advice Working Party), Innovation Task Force briefing meetings (one of the ITF coordinators on the veterinary side) and product classification. He holds a master’s degree in pharmacy from Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, and a PhD in pharmacology from the Slovak Academy of Sciences. His experience span of 30 years, spent mostly in the UK, includes basic research in academia, university teaching, clinical research work in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry, and regulation of veterinary medicines.