Maria Arantzazu Lopez Perez
PHARMACEUTICAL INSPECTOR
Junta de Andalucía, Spain
pharmaceuticals, medicine, doping, anti-doping, public health
Maria Arantzazu Lopez Perez has a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Seville, and a master in Biomedicine from the University of Cádiz. She currently works as a Pharmaceutical Inspector of the Health Administration of the Junta de Andalucía in Spain. Her main duty is to verify compliance with the legislation on clinical trails in humans, distribution, prescription and dispensing of medicines specially susceptible to abuse and illegal trade and inspection of various forms of illegal trade in drugs (including doping substances). Her work involves combating health fraud, and detecting irregular use of drugs as well as prescription forgery detection. She also collaborates with the Spanish National Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD) in preventing doping use. She functions as a speaker focusing on the role of health administration in the fight against doping, and in the national campaign to prevent doping from pharmacies named ‘Protect your health, say no to doping’.