Riekert Bruinink

Riekert Bruinink is working at the Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate and held various positions, including management positions. Now he is a Senior GMP/GDP Inspector and specialized in Good Distribution Practice. He is Member of the EMA GDP Drafting Group. This group was responsible for making a proposal for a new EU GDP Guide and procedures for harmonizing GDP inspections in the European Union. From 2008 until 2013, Riekert Bruinink was Chairman of the PIC/S GDP Working Group. The Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme(PIC/S), located in Geneva, is a worldwide organization of pharmaceutical inspectorates of different countries. From 1981 until 1987 he worked as pharmacist in several public pharmacies. In 1987 he joined the Drug Inspectorate and in 1995 the Health Care Inspectorate in the Netherlands. Riekert Bruinink was awarded a MSc degree and a Pharm D degree by the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.